Dutch East Indies

Netherlands East Indies Nederlands-Oost-Indië Hindia-Belanda
1800–1942 1945–1950a
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Wilhelmus
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
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
• Japanese occupation	Feb 1942 – Aug 1945
• Unthirldom proclaimed	17 August 1945
• Dutch recogneetion as the Autonomous Republic within the Netherlands	27 December 1949
• Unthirldom frae the Netherlands efter Unitit Indonesian States Dissolved	17 August 1950
Population
• 1930	60,727,233
Currency	Dutch East Indies gulden
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Dutch East Indie Company in Indonesie Japanese occupation o the Dutch East Indies Strait Settlements Japanese occupation o the Dutch East Indies Indonesie Netherlands New Guinea
The day pairt o	Indonesia, Malaysia
Occupied bi Japanese forces atween 1942 an 1945, follaed bi the Indonesian Naitional Revolution till 1949. Indonesie proclaimed its unthirldom on 17 August 1945. Netherlands New Guinea wis transferred tae Indonesie in 1963.

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.