Indonesia history and timeline Early beginnings. The late 19th - century discovery of hominid remains on Java took the world by storm when they were Indianised kingdoms. Beginning in the second century AD, a number of sophisticated civilisations emerged in Southeast Dutch colonial years. The Today, at the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) event at the G20 Summit, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia and leaders of the International Partners Group (IPG) of ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer June 14, 2022 23:23 JST. JAKARTA -- Indonesia on Tuesday officially kicked off the electoral process ahead of national votes in 2024, when the world's third With a series of major natural disasters in 2018, Indonesia’s disaster risk management budget tripled from 2017 to 2018. The budget kept increasing in the following years, especially for 2020 Natural disasters. On April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora erupts, killing 12,000. On February 16, 1861 a major earthquake struck Sumatra, killing thousands. [1] During August 26–27, 1883 the Krakatoa volcano erupted leading to at least 36,000 deaths. The after effects included a tsunami. 5. Indo-China War. The Indo-China battle of 1962 was a catastrophe for India’s faith in China being its essential accomplice. The 1962 conflict likewise prompted the breaking of Jawaharlal Nehru’s picture of being invulnerable. after 52 years, the Indo-China line debate is as yet a consuming worry for the two sides. Geography . Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) and straddling the equator. The largest islands are Sumatra, Java (the most populous), Bali, Kalimantan (Indonesia's part of Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), the Nusa Tenggara islands, the Moluccas Islands, and Irian Jaya (also called West Papua), the western part of New Guinea. Indonesia - Archipelago, Colonization, Revolution: The initial federal constitution of 1949 was replaced in 1950 by a unitary but still provisional constitution. It was parliamentary in character and assigned an essentially figurehead role to the president. From the revolutionary period, Indonesia had inherited a multiparty system. The main parties after independence were the major Muslim 0–9. 2015 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (3 C) 2016 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (7 C) 2017 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (6 C) 2018 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (10 C) 2019 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (8 C) 2020 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (4 C) 2021 events in Indonesia by month ‎ (7 C) 2022 events in Indonesia by It is important that the tourism industry of Indonesia enhances its contribution towards the country's gross domestic product (GDP) because it will trigger more foreign exchange earnings (as each foreign visitor spends between USD $1,100 and USD $1,200 per visit on average) while also providing employment opportunities to the Indonesian people (based on the latest data from Statistics vqvIaRR.