The Dutch East Indies, [3] also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands (ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

Dec 27, 2024 · Dutch East Indies, one of the overseas territories of the Netherlands until December 1949, now Indonesia. This territory was made up of Sumatra and adjacent islands, Java with Madura, Borneo (except for North Borneo, which is now part of Malaysia and of Brunei), Celebes with Sangihe and Talaud

The Dutch East Indies (c. 1600 – 1942) was part of a vast Dutch trading empire (Nederlands-koloniale Rijk) which stretched across the world. In the 1400s- 1600s CE, the Spanish, (including Columbus), Portuguese, Arab, English and Dutch traders were all keen to exploit the natural resources of islands in the south-east Asian archipelago and ...

The most restrictive and best-known use is as a synonym for the islands that now constitute the Republic of Indonesia (formerly known as the Netherlands Indies, or Dutch East Indies); these include the Greater Sunda Islands (Borneo, Celebes, Java, and Sumatra), the Lesser Sunda Islands (stretching eastward from Bali to Timor), the Moluccas, and ...

The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, was the Dutch colony that is now modern Indonesia and the Malacca state of Malaysia. The main city was Batavia, now called Jakarta. The old Stadhuis of Batavia, the home of Governor General of the Dutch East India Company. The building is now the Jakarta Historical Museum.

The Dutch East Indies were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. The Japanese quickly defeated the weakened Dutch colonial forces, amidst the turmoil of war in Europe, and imposed a harsh regime that exploited the region’s resources and forced labor.

Recognising the potential of the East Indies spice trade, and to prevent competition eating into Dutch profits, the Dutch government amalgamated the competing merchant companies into the United East India Company (VOC).

Achmed Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta proclaimed the independence of the Dutch East Indies, and established the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945. The South East Asia Command (SEAC) ordered the deployment of 1,000 British troops to maintain order on the island of Java on September 29, 1945.

Much of the Dutch activity in Indonesia was initially chartered as the United East India Company (also known as the Dutch East India Company and the VOC), a government-run monopoly created from competing merchant companies that were …

In 1602 the Dutch created their East India Company, the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie [VOC, less often VOIC] in Dutch, literally "United East Indian Company". This Company conquered...