Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
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The Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies was a semi-representative colonial council that served as an advisory and later partially legislative body for the Dutch administration in what is now Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volksraad | 2 |
| Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies canonical | 2 |
| Volksraad voor Nederlandsch-Indië | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies Context triple: [Dutch colonial government, maintainedInstitution, Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies]
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A.
Dutch colonial government
The Dutch colonial government was the administrative authority of the Netherlands in its overseas territories, most notably the Dutch East Indies, where it imposed exploitative economic and political systems on colonized populations.
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B.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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C.
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference was a 1949 diplomatic negotiation in The Hague that led to the formal transfer of sovereignty from the Netherlands to the newly formed United States of Indonesia, effectively ending the Indonesian National Revolution.
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D.
Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands
The Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands was the government department responsible for administering and overseeing Dutch overseas territories, particularly in the East and West Indies, during the colonial era.
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E.
Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces
The Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces was the lower house of the provincial legislature in British India, representing elected members from the United Provinces (now largely Uttar Pradesh) during the late colonial period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies Target entity description: The Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies was a semi-representative colonial council that served as an advisory and later partially legislative body for the Dutch administration in what is now Indonesia.
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A.
Dutch colonial government
The Dutch colonial government was the administrative authority of the Netherlands in its overseas territories, most notably the Dutch East Indies, where it imposed exploitative economic and political systems on colonized populations.
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B.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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C.
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference was a 1949 diplomatic negotiation in The Hague that led to the formal transfer of sovereignty from the Netherlands to the newly formed United States of Indonesia, effectively ending the Indonesian National Revolution.
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D.
Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands
The Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands was the government department responsible for administering and overseeing Dutch overseas territories, particularly in the East and West Indies, during the colonial era.
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E.
Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces
The Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces was the lower house of the provincial legislature in British India, representing elected members from the United Provinces (now largely Uttar Pradesh) during the late colonial period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advisory body
ⓘ
colonial council ⓘ legislative body ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| capital | Batavia ⓘ |
| composition |
Arab members
ⓘ
Chinese members ⓘ European members ⓘ Indo-European members ⓘ Indonesian members ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| country | Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| countryNow | Indonesia ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
Dutch East Indies campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
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| dissolved |
1942
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Dutch colonial government ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Staatsblad 1917 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Central Indonesian National Committee ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislature ⓘ |
| hasAuthority |
advisory powers
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limited legislative powers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late colonial period in Indonesia ⓘ |
| inception | 1918 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Dutch colonial government ⓘ |
| legalStatus | consultative assembly ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ |
| memberOf | political institutions of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Volksraad voor Nederlandsch-Indië
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| partOf | colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Japanese occupation security forces in Indonesia
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surface form:
Japanese military administration in the Dutch East Indies
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| role |
advisory council to the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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partially legislative body ⓘ semi-representative body ⓘ |
| seat |
Batavia
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Jakarta ⓘ |
| shortName |
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Volksraad
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| significance |
early forum for Indonesian nationalist politicians
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step toward limited political representation in the colony ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Soetardjo Petition
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debates on Indonesian nationalism ⓘ introduction of elected indigenous members ⓘ petitions for greater autonomy ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Dutch
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Indonesian ⓘ Malay ⓘ |
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Subject: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies Description of subject: The Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies was a semi-representative colonial council that served as an advisory and later partially legislative body for the Dutch administration in what is now Indonesia.
Referenced by (5)
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