WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1600s, the Dutch East India Company (VOC ) began colonizing parts of Indonesia. After the abolition of the VOC in 1796, the Dutch government gained control over Indonesia, which was then referred to as the Netherlands East Indies .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Netherlands Government ruled the colony from 1816 to 1941, before the Japanese occupation which lasted until 1945. An Independent republic, Indonesia, was proclaimed on 17 August 1945.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parts of the Indonesian archipelago were colonized by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Germans and the British. 2. However, after the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, it was the Netherlands which was able to assert a dominant position across the island chain.