Southeast Borneo Federation ( id, Federasi Kalimantan Tenggara) was an autonomous area formed in the southeastern part of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n island of
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...
by the
Netherlands
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in 1948 as part of an attempt to re-establish the colony of the
Dutch East Indies during the
Indonesian National Revolution. Southeast Borneo became a
constituent part of the
United States of Indonesia
The United States of Indonesia ( nl, Verenigde Staten van Indonesië, id, Republik Indonesia Serikat, abbreviated as RIS), was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (exce ...
in 1949. The Federation was dissolved on 18 April 1950 and combined with
Great Dayak
Great Dayak ( id, Dayak Besar, old spelling ; nl, Grote Dajak) was a component entity of the United States of Indonesia in Dayak regions on the island of Borneo. It was established on 7 December 1946 with a temporary capital at Bandjerm ...
and
Bandjar to form
South Kalimantan Province.
Person of interests
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Mohammad Jamani
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History of Indonesia
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Indonesian National Revolution
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Indonesian regions
This is a list of some of the regions of Indonesia. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the central government. At different times of Indonesia's history, the nation has been designated as having regions that do not necessarily corr ...
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Indonesian National Revolution
States and territories established in 1948
States and territories disestablished in 1950
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