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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.
In 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, northwest Java. The official East Indies government, however, was not created until Pieter Both was made governor-general in 1610. In that same year, Ambon Island was made headquarters of the VOC's East Indies. Batavia was made the capital from 1619 onward. [3]
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945.. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies.
The national flag of Indonesia is a simple bicolor with two horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom) with an overall ratio of 2:3. [1] It was introduced and hoisted in public during the proclamation of independence on 17 August 1945 at 56 Proklamasi Street (formerly Pegangsaan Timur Street) in Jakarta, and again when the Dutch formally transferred sovereignty on 27 December 1949.
The Service flag is used by those who held a position in their respective service branches. The TNI (red) variant of the flag is used by those who held a position in the TNI or Armed Forces it self. e.g. Lieutenant General Rudianto [] the commanding general of the TNI Academy (Danjen Akademi TNI), Rear Admiral Poedji Santoso [] who held the position as Head of the Armed Forces Finance Center ...
Flag of the governor of the Dutch East Indies: 1928–1949 Flag of the governor of the Dutch East Indies: National tricolour, within the upper-right white canton, two red balls. 1920–1966 Flag of the governor of Curaçao and Dependencies: National tricolour, within the red stripe three white balls. Flag of the governor of Surinam: 1951–1962
The Dutch authorities, after various changes to the administration of the eastern islands of the East Indies, established the Great East region in 1938. [2] Four years later, the Japanese invaded, and this area was placed under the control of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [3]
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. Amsterdam VOC headquarters. The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə oːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbr. VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of ...