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The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, was the Dutch colony that is now modern Indonesia. The main city was Batavia, now called Jakarta.

Stadhuis Batavia, 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.

It was made from the colonies of the Dutch East India Company that came under the control of the Netherlands in 1800. During World War II it was part of the Japanese Empire. In 1945 the Japanese left, and Indonesian leaders made a declaration of independence. They fought a war of independence until the Netherlands gave Indonesia sovereignty in December 1949.

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  • Dutch East Indies Expansion

    Expansion of the Dutch East Indies in the Indonesian Archipelago

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Man poseert tussen megalieten bij Batoeberak TMnr 10025819

    Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen Figure Megalith found year 1931 Location of the Royal Palace of Sakala Brak in Hanibung Batu Brak, independent Dutch control securing British settlements in Sumatra.

  • Nicolaas Pieneman - The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock

    The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock, by Nicolaas Pieneman

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De nieuwe Gouverneur-Generaal Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer verlaat samen met de zojuist afgetreden G.G. B.C. de Jonge het gebouw van de Volksraad waar de bestuursoverdracht plaatsvond TMnr 10018818

    Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and B. C. de Jonge, the last and penultimate governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, before the Japanese invasion

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Leden van de Volksraad in 1918 D. Birnie (benoemd) Kan Hok Hoei (benoemd) R. Sastro Widjono (gekozen) en mas ngabèhi Dwidjo Sewojo (benoemd) TMnr 10001376

    Volksraad members in 1918: D. Birnie (Dutch), Kan Hok Hoei (Chinese), R. Sastro Widjono and M. N. Dwidjo Sewojo (Javanese)

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Leerlingen van de School tot Opleiding van Indische Artsen (STOVIA) Doctor Jawa TMnr 60047128

    Students of the School Tot Opleiding Van Indische Artsen (STOVIA) aka Sekolah Doctor Jawa

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Professoren der Rechts Hogeschool in Batavia TMnr 60012567

    Dutch, Eurasian and Javanese professors of law at the opening of the Rechts Hogeschool in 1924

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het hoofdkantoor van de Deli Maatschappij TMnr 60006949

    Headquarters of the Deli Company in Medan circa 1925

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kantoor van de Javasche Bank in Bandjermasin TMnr 10015481

    De Javasche Bank in Banjarmasin

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Arbeiders poseren bij een in aanbouw zijnde spoorwegtunnel in de bergen TMnr 60047638

    Workers pose at the site of a railway tunnel under construction in the mountains, 1910

  • MuseumSumpahPemuda-20-PerhimpunanPelajarPelajarIndonesia

    Perhimpunan Pelajar-Pelajar Indonesia (Indonesian Students Union) delegates in Youth Pledge, an important event where Indonesian language was decided to be the national language, 1928

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Olieverfschildering voorstellend de grote postweg bij Buitenzorg TMnr 1012-1

    The romantic depiction of De Grote Postweg near Buitenzorg

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bioscoop Mimosa in Batoe TMnr 60052449

    Bioscoop Mimosa cinema in Batu, Java, 1941

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Zo÷logisch Museum en laboratorium van 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg West-Java TMnr 10010799

    Museum and lab of the Buitenzorg Plantentuin

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De familie C.H. Japing met tante Jet en oom Jan Breeman aan de rijsttafel Bandoeng TMnr 10030167

    Dutch family enjoying a large Rijsttafel dinner, 1936

  • ITB 1

    Ceremonial Hall, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, designed by architect Henri Maclaine-Pont

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Vorstelijk echtpaar Kangdjeng Pangeran Angabei Sakalijan met echtgenote. TMnr 60002322

    Javanese nobles adopted and mixed some aspects of European fashion, such as this couple in 1890.

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret van een Europees echtpaar gekleed in saroeng kabaja en ochtendbroek TMnr 60048827

    Dutch colonial couple in the early 20th century wearing native batik and kebaya fashion

  • 1916 Dutch East Indies - Art

    Dutch imperial imagery representing the Dutch East Indies (1916). The text reads "Our most precious jewel."

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