HISTORY OF INDONESIA

 HISTORY OF INDONESIA

Under the influence of Hinduism and Buddhism, several kingdoms formed on the island of Sumatra and Java had reached its glory with the region includes countries of Malaysia and the island of Mindanao during the Majapahit since the 7th century until the 14th century. The arrival of Arab traders from Gujarat, India and then brought Islam that eventually became the largest religion.
When the people of Europe came in the early 16th century, they've already encountered a few small countries. Small countries are easily mastered by those who wish to master the spice trade. In the 17th century, the Dutch emerged as the strongest power among the countries of Europe, defeating the British and Portuguese (except for their colonies in East Timor). Indonesia as a Dutch colonial control until World War II, initially through Sarekat Dutch East Indies (VOC), and later directly colonized by the Dutch authorities since the early 19th century.
During World War II, the Dutch colonized by Germany, when the Indonesian master Jepun. After captivating Indonesia in 1942, the Jepun found bahawa fighters Indonesia is a trade movement, which refused to cooperate and are willing to exert a hero when needed. Sukarno, Mohammad Hatta, KH Mas Mansur, and Ki Hajar Dewantara later given an award by the Maharaja Jepun in 1943.
On the Mac in 1945, Jepun parties formed a board of authority to the independence of Indonesia, under pressure pertubuhan-pertubuhan youth, a group of Indonesian independence leader Sukarno mengisytiharkan Pacific after the war ended in 1945 became the first president Sukarno, Indonesia by Mohammad Hatta as Naib president. In an effort to master the return of Indonesia, the Netherlands lowered their tentera force. Attempts to stem the bloody independence movement was later identified as a 'policy action' (Actie Politioneel). Under the pressure of people's resistance and tentera Indonesia, the Dutch finally pull tenteranya at 27 Disember 1949.
In the 1950s and 1960s, President Sukarno berkecuali following movements at first and then with the socialist bloc, for example, People's Republic of China and Yugoslavia. At that time the power ketenteraan Indonesia became the largest in Asia after China. The 1960s witnessed the confrontation against Malaysia tentera, jirannya country which is regarded as Britain's state formation.
General of the Suharto became president in 1967 with a view to securing the country than the threat of communism against Sukarno, who is now weaker. After Suharto's rule, hundreds of thousands of Indonesian citizens who disyaki favor of the communists have been murdered. Royal Palace during the 32-year reign of Suharto called the New Order, as compared with the reign of Sukarno, called the Old Order.
Suharto's triumphant getting huge foreign resurfacing to Indonesia, and produce rapid economic growth, although uneven, in Indonesia. At the beginning of the New Order regime, the country's economic strategy has been created by a group of economic experts graduates Fakulti Economics Universiti of California, Berkeley who digelarkan "Group of Berkeley". However, increasing the wealth of Suharto himself and his family through the widespread practice rasuah and he finally was forced to release jawatannya after tercetusnya demonstration on a large scale and that the country's economic situation worsened in 1998.
From 1998 until 2001, Indonesia had three presidents: Baharuddin Jusuf Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri. In 2004, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became Indonesia's current president.