Pasundan

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State of Pasundan
Negara Pasundan
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State of Indonesia
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Capital Bandoeng
President Raden Adipati Aria Muharam Wiranatakusumah
Historical era Cold War
 • Pasundan Republic established4 May 1947
 • State of West Java established26 February 1948
 • Renamed State of Pasundan24 April 1948
 • Merged with the Republic of Indonesia 11 March 1950

The State of Pasundan (Indonesian and Sundanese : Negara Pasundan) was a federal state (negara bagian) formed in the western part of the Indonesian island of Java by the Netherlands in 1948 as part of an attempt to reestablish the colony of the Dutch East Indies during the Indonesian National Revolution. It was similar to the geographical area now encompassed by the current provinces of West Java, Banten and Jakarta.

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Sundanese language Native language used by Sundanese people

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A Pasundan Republic (Indonesian : Republik Pasundan) was declared on 4 May 1947 but was dissolved later that year. On 26 February 1948, the State of West Java(Negara Jawa Barat) was established and, on 24 April 1948, the state was renamed Pasundan. Pasundan became a federal state of the United States of Indonesia in 1949 but was incorporated into the Republic of Indonesia (itself also a constituent of the USI) on 11 March 1950. [1]

United States of Indonesia former country (1949–1950)

The Republic of the United States of Indonesia, abbreviated as RUSI, was a federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies on 27 December 1949 following the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference. This transfer ended the four-year conflict between Indonesian nationalists and the Netherlands that was fought over for control of Indonesia. It lasted less than a year, before being replaced by the unitary Republic of Indonesia.

There have been recent proposals to rename the present West Java province Pasundan ("Province of the Sundanese") after the historical name for West Java. [2]

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Sundanese people ethnic group

The Sundanese are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the western part of the Indonesian island of Java. They number approximately 40 million, and form Indonesia's second most populous ethnic group, after the neighboring Javanese. In their language, Sundanese, the Sundanese refer to themselves as Urang Sunda, while Orang Sunda or Suku Sunda is its Indonesian equivalent.

The United States of Indonesia with Pasundan marked as "West Java". The USI constituent state of the Republic of Indonesia is shown in red. Republik Indonesia Serikat.png
The United States of Indonesia with Pasundan marked as "West Java". The USI constituent state of the Republic of Indonesia is shown in red.

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/id-4550.html
  2. ↑ "Tokoh Jawa Barat siapkan deklarasi Provinsi Pasundan." Okezome.com News. 29 October 2009. (in Indonesian)

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