WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indonesia formally achieved its independence from the Netherlands as the United States of Indonesia on December 27, 1949. Some 63 UN military observers monitored the demobilization of Dutch government troops from the region until April 3, 1951. The UNCI was disbanded on April 3, 1951.