Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies

E137275

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)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
dissolved 1942 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
establishedBy Dutch colonial government ⓘ
establishedUnder Staatsblad 1917 ⓘ
followedBy Central Indonesian National Committee ⓘ
governmentBranch legislature ⓘ
hasAuthority advisory powers ⓘ
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 voor Nederlandsch-Indië ⓘ
partOf colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
replacedBy Japanese military administration in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
role advisory council to the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
partially legislative body ⓘ
semi-representative body ⓘ
seat Batavia ⓘ
Jakarta ⓘ
shortName Volksraad ⓘ
significance early forum for Indonesian nationalist politicians ⓘ
step toward limited political representation in the colony ⓘ
significantEvent Soetardjo Petition ⓘ
debates on Indonesian nationalism ⓘ
introduction of elected indigenous members ⓘ
petitions for greater autonomy ⓘ
subordinateTo Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
usedLanguage Dutch ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ
Malay ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch colonial government → maintainedInstitution → Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
DPR → historicalPrecursor → Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies → nativeName → Volksraad voor Nederlandsch-Indië ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies → shortName → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat → historicalPredecessor → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Staatsblad 1917 → establishedBody → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Soetardjo Petition → submittedTo → Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Soetardjo Petition → legislativeBody → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
Sam Ratulangi → memberOf → Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Sam Ratulangi → memberOf → Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ