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Meaning of "dutch east indies"

Dutch East Indies refers to the former Dutch colony in Southeast Asia, consisting of present-day Indonesia, and parts of Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. It was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century and remained under Dutch rule until Indonesia gained independence in 1949
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  • A former Dutch colony in modern-day Indonesia.

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My relatives in the Dutch East Indies used to write to us a lot.
Mataram is a de facto and de yure controlled by the Dutch East Indies.
I have relatives in the Dutch East Indies who wrote us many letters.
The modern concept of sport was introduced during colonial Dutch East Indies period.
At that time Dutch East Indies still much needed to be organized and improved.
His accomplices were sent into exile to the Dutch East Indies without trial.
The discovery led the Dutch East Indies government to take steps to safeguard the monument.
This was the usual investigative torture in the Dutch East Indies at the time.
The Dutch East Indies had a non egalitarian and patriarchal social and legal system.
He was also deeply involved with various other parts of the then Dutch East Indies.
Daendels faced difficult conditions in the Dutch East Indies when he started the road construction.
He became a lieutenant and later extraordinary captain and sailed to the Dutch East Indies.
Dutch East Indies national football team.
The last boat was specially designed for the service in the Dutch East Indies.
Dutch East Indies was to blame.

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They were able to remain politically active and eventually return to the Dutch East Indies.
Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies during the war.
Its possessions were taken over by the government and turned into the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies were covered much less well artistically.
The end of the war also meant the final loss of the Dutch East Indies.
After his departure from the Dutch East Indies he was sent to Egypt.
Blume spent much of his professional life studying the flora of the Dutch East Indies.
It then served in the Dutch East Indies as part of the Allied occupation forces.
Djoehana was born in what was the Dutch East Indies.
A few saw combat in the Dutch East Indies campaign against the Japanese invasion.
He was born and died in the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies has become the most precious colony for Dutch crown.
A major issue was the independence of the Dutch East Indies.
The family now lives in the Dutch East Indies where Rudolf is a military commander.
All ships were meant to serve in the Dutch East Indies.
The Netherlands claims that the Dutch East Indies possessed and exercised rights of sovereignty.
It was developed during colonial times in the Dutch East Indies.
The Japanese had designs on the Dutch East Indies and their natural resources.
He was also a member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies survivors made it to land, only to face a mutiny.
The story was adapted for a Dutch East Indies setting.
In the Dutch East Indies era, this place known by the name Waterpaleis.
American liberty ship arrives in the Dutch East Indies.
Tjong decided to travel to the Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ) to seek a better life.
He produced many paintings and drawings of life in Dutch East Indies.
The donations were drawn from Dutch East Indies citizens, which also include bumiputera indigenous people.
Star Film was a film production company in the Dutch East Indies.
He practiced medicine in the Dutch East Indies ( later Indonesia ) in his later life.
This turned into a museum about the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies had two legal classes of citizens ; European and indigenous.
The first free elections in the Dutch East Indies were held.
During Dutch East Indies ruling, there was a rebellion against the government in Priangan area.
He embarked upon a civil service career in the Dutch East Indies.
Seeing the Dutch East Indies as her only other source, Japan prepared to invade.
In the same year he sailed to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.

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