Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia).

To and after takeover by the Dutch government

By 1700 a colonial pattern was well established; the VOC had grown to become a state-within-a-state and the dominant power in the archipelago. Its method of indirect rule, treated in the article Regentschap, was to survive it. After the company was liquidated in 1799 (decades before the British HEIC was taken over in the form of crown colonies), and after a British interregnum -strategic custody- during the Napoleonic Wars, the Dutch government effectively took over the administration. Malacca and the Malay Peninsula were ceded to the British after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

Related Topics:
1700 - VOC - Indirect rule - 1799 - HEIC - Napoleonic Wars - Malacca - Malay Peninsula - Anglo-Dutch Treaty - 1824

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The Dutch government retained control of the remaining parts -- except for the period of Japanese occupation from 1942-1945 during World War II -- until they accepted the independence of Indonesia in 1949 following the Indonesian National Revolution.

Related Topics:
Japanese - 1942 - 1945 - World War II - Indonesia - 1949 - Indonesian National Revolution

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The capital of the Dutch East Indies was Batavia, now known as Jakarta, still capital of the republic.

Related Topics:
Batavia - Jakarta

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