The History Of The Name Of Jakarta

               Jakarta known throughout the world for being a city of amazing contrast, megacity Jakarta combines cultures from all around the Indonesian archipelago, rich and poor, traditional and modern. Jakarta’s history dates back to the 1300s, when Sunda Kelapa was established – a small fishing port still in use today by the world’s largest fleet of working sailing schooners.

                Foreign occupiers were soon to arrive, led by the Portuguese. They were soon sent packing by the Islamic forces of Fatahillah, who changed the name of the city to Jayakarta ( City of Victory). This name change happened on 22nd June 1527, a date still remembered as Jakarta’s birthday.

                The Dutch began their colonisation of Jakarta in 1596, secretly building a fortress when they had permission only to build a trading post. After some altercations with the prince of Jayakarta, who was helped by the British, the city was eventually taken over by the Dutch colonial forces in 1619. The city was almost entirely destroyed in the process, and rebuilt under the new name Batavia. The Dutch stayed for over three hundred years until Indonesia fell to the Japanese in the Second World War.

                After the war the Dutch tried to retake control, but were defeated by the Republic of Indonesia’s founding fathers, Soekarno and Hatta. They proclaimed independence and renamed the city Jakarta.


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