EVENT INFORMATION

27
December
1949

The Netherlands transfers sovereignty after Indonesian resistance

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📅 27 December 1949 📍 Indonesië

The Netherlands transferred sovereignty following years of Indonesian resistance and negotiations. The transfer recognized a political independence that Indonesians had proclaimed in 1945 and defended against renewed colonial intervention. This challenged imperial claims to govern another people. The settlement did not automatically remove inherited economic inequalities, and the dispute over western New Guinea remained unresolved.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Sukarno

Mohammad Hatta

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Republic of the United States of Indonesia

Government of the Netherlands