1962 ⟶ Indonesia Begins Military Incursion in Western New Guinea
Indonesian Armed Forces starts to infiltrate into the Dutch ...
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🇮🇩 Indonesia Declares Independence
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence - Indonesia declares its independence from the Dutch. This marked the beginning of the Indonesian National Revolution.⟶
IndonesiaIndependenceNetherlandsDecolonizationAsiaNationalismRevolutionPost-War
🇮🇩 Indonesia Gains Sovereignty from Netherlands
Sovereignty is handed over to United States of Indonesia from the Netherlands following the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference with Sukarno as the first president of the newly formed federation.⟶
decolonizationIndonesiaNetherlandsSukarnoRound Table Conferenceindependencenation-buildingSoutheast Asia
🇮🇩 Indonesia Begins Military Incursion in Western New Guinea
Indonesian Armed Forces starts to infiltrate into the Dutch overseas territory of western New Guinea as a part of Operation Trikora, the second and last confrontation between Indonesia and the Netherlands over imperialism.⟶
IndonesiaNetherlandsNew GuineaWest PapuaTerritorial DisputeImperialismAsiaOperation TrikoraMilitary Conflict
💣 Brunei Revolt Begins
The Brunei People's Party launched a rebellion against the British protectorate of Brunei. This event was considered to be one of the first stages of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.⟶
BruneiRebellionMalaysiaIndonesiaSoutheast AsiaCold WarBritish Protectorate
😠 Indonesia Rejects Formation of Malaysia
Indonesia declares that it rejects the formation of Malaysia, through the statement of their then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Subandrio. Sukarno himself, as the first President of Indonesia, regarded Malaysia as a neo-colonial project and as a British puppet state in Southeast Asia. This marks the beginning of Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.⟶
IndonesiaMalaysiaConfrontationSoutheast AsiaBritish EmpireSukarnoCold War
🔪 Abortive Coup in Indonesia and Subsequent Mass Killings
Six Indonesian generals are killed by the 30 September Movement during an abortive coup d'état later blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia. Mass killings of suspected communists begin shortly after.⟶
IndonesiaCoup d'étatMass KillingsCommunismPolitical ViolenceAsia