Why Jakarta Is Made The Capital City of Indonesia?

Why Jakarta Is Made  The Capital City of Indonesia?

     Jakarta is a port city formerly called Sunda Kelapa. But on June 22, 1527, Pangeran Fatahillah destroyed Sunda Kelapa and instead established the city of Jayakarta in the area. This date is then set as the date of the founding of the city of Jakarta. Jayakarta in the early 17th century was ruled by Prince Jayakarta, a relative of the Sultanate of Banten. In 1619, the VOC led by the Dutchman Jan Pieterszoon Coen occupied Jayakarta after defeating the forces of the Sultanate of Banten and then changing its name to Batavia. Batavia was built almost similar to the cities in the Netherlands, which were built in the form of blocks, each separated by a canal and protected by a wall as a fortress, and a moat. Batavia was completed in 1650. Old Batavia was the home of the Europeans, while the Chinese, Javanese and other indigenous peoples were removed to other places. The raging of World War 2 made the Dutch allies weak and Batavia fell into Japanese hands. Japan also changed the name Batavia to Djakarta. Until finally the Japanese allies lost the second world war, and there was a power vacuum.

       Because all previous government centers (during the Dutch and Japanese occupations) were centered in Jakarta, President Soekarno finally declared the independence of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945 in Jakarta. On January 4, 1946, the capital city of Indonesia, which was previously established in Jakarta, moved to Yogyakarta. This was done because the condition of the capital city of Jakarta was not conducive after various post-independence events. For almost two years, Sukarno and a number of the nation's founders ran the government in Yogyakarta as the capital, and eventually returned to Jakarta.

        DKI Jakarta Province is domiciled as the Capital of the Republic of Indonesia. DKI Jakarta Province is a special area that functions as the Capital of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia and at the same time as an autonomous region at the provincial level.

DKI Jakarta Province has a role as the Capital of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia which has specific duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities in the administration of government and as a place of residence for representatives of foreign countries, as well as centers / representatives of international institutions.