Jakarta, formerly (until 1949) Batavia or (1949 72) Djakarta, largest city and capital of Indonesia.
1884 March 8 , 1942Jakarta, Indonesia Tjipto Mangunkusumo, (born 1884 died March 8 , 1942 Djakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]), early 20th-century Indonesian nationalist leader whose resistance to Dutch colonial rule brought him exile and long imprisonment.
The sketches in Tjerita dari Djakarta (1957; "Tales of Jakarta") examine the strains and injustices Pramoedya perceived within Indonesian society after independence had been achieved.
The Dutch name Batavia remained the internationally recognized name until full Indonesian independence was achieved and Djakarta was officially proclaimed the national capital (and its present name recognized) on December 27 , 1949
During the Japanese occupation and again after Indonesian nationalists declared independence on August 17 , 1945 the city was renamed Djakarta.
A Pizza Hut and Burger King are next to the Djakarta Theater XXI cinema, while the five-star Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta hotel is the next building along and United Nations and government offices are nearby.
Then it was off to Djakarta, which he quickly left.
Its latest addition, East Timor, became Indonesia's 27th province in… Tells about the serious large-scale riots that erupted in Djakarta in Jan . 1974 and about the 1972 rice shortage.
Tells how commercialized Djakarta is.
The accord will now be taken to The Hague and Djakarta for formal ratification.
The ambassador's statement, constituting acknowledgment that the Indonesians regard themselves as being at war with the Dutch, was the first by an Indonesian official that infiltrations and paratroop landings had been ordered by the Djakarta government.
