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Also Known As Nederlands Oost-Indië • Netherlands East Indies • Nederlandsch-Indië

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Major Events

Culture System
Linggadjati Agreement
Hague Agreement
Ethical Policy
Sutardjo Petition

Related Places

Indonesia
Indonesia
Java, Indonesia: tea plantation
Java
island, Indonesia
Borneo
Borneo
island, Pacific Ocean
Batak market
Sumatra
island, Indonesia
Moluccas
Moluccas
islands, Indonesia
Toraja
Celebes
island, Indonesia
Sunda Islands
Sunda Islands
islands, Southeast Asia

Key People

Sukarno
Sukarno
president of Indonesia
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka
Minangkabau communist leader
Mohammad Hatta
Indonesian politician
Sutan Sjahrir
prime minister of Indonesia
Ki Hadjar Dewantoro
Indonesian educator
Omar Said Tjokroaminoto
Indonesian leader
Raden Adjeng Kartini
Javanese noble
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Adam Malik
Indonesian statesman and president of UN
Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff
Dutch statesman
Dirk van Hogendorp
Dutch statesman
Hendricus Sneevliet
Dutch politician
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Herman Willem Daendels
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Sebastian Cornelius Nederburgh
Dutch statesman
Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Dutch statesman
Tjipto Mangunkusumo
Indonesian nationalist leader
Conrad Theodor van Deventer
Dutch statesman

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