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The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies; Dutch: Nederlands-Oost-Indië; Indonesie: Hindia-Belanda) wis a Dutch colony that acame modren Indonesie follaein Warld War II. It wis furmed frae the naitionalised colonies o the Dutch East Indie Company, which came unner the admeenistration o the Dutch govrenment in 1800 till 1950 while Indonesie declared Unthirldom frae the Netherlands tae Commemorate the 5t Anniversary o Unthirldom frae Japan as Unrecognised State efter Unitit Indonesian States Dissolved.
Netherlands East Indies Nederlands-Oost-Indië Hindia-Belanda | |||||||||||||||||
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1800–1942 1945–1950a | |||||||||||||||||
Cairt o the Dutch East Indies shawin its territorial expansion frae 1800 tae its fullest extent prior tae Japanese occupation in 1942. | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Dutch colony (1800-1942, 1945-1950) | ||||||||||||||||
Caipital | Batavia (nou Jakarta) | ||||||||||||||||
Lairgest ceety | Soerabaia[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Common leids | Indonesian Dutch Indigenous leids | ||||||||||||||||
Releegion | Sunni Islam Christianity Hinduism Buddhism | ||||||||||||||||
Govrenment | Colonial administration | ||||||||||||||||
Govrenor-General | |||||||||||||||||
• 1800–1801 (first) | Pieter G. van Overstraten | ||||||||||||||||
• 1949 (last) | A. H. J. Lovinka | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
• VOC era | 1603–1800 | ||||||||||||||||
• VOC nationalised | 1 Januar 1800 | ||||||||||||||||
Feb 1942 – Aug 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
• Unthirldom proclaimed | 17 August 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
• Dutch recogneetion as the Autonomous Republic within the Netherlands | 27 December 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
17 August 1950 | |||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1930 | 60,727,233 | ||||||||||||||||
Currency | Dutch East Indies gulden | ||||||||||||||||
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The day pairt o | Indonesia, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
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