# Canonical recap data for Indonesia Declares Independence (1945)
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slug: indonesian-independence
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1945/indonesian-independence"
title: Indonesia Declares Independence
subtitle: Sukarno and Hatta declared Indonesian independence following Japan's surrender, triggering a four-year guerrilla war against the Dutch and establishing the template for postcolonial independence struggles.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1945-08-17
datePrecision: day
year: 1945
decade: 1940
country:
name: Indonesia
slug: indonesia
summaryShort: "The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the Indonesian National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands and pro-Dutch civilians, until the latter "
summaryLong: "The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the Indonesian National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands and pro-Dutch civilians, until the latter officially acknowledged Indonesia's independence in 1949. The document was signed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed president and vice-president respectively the following day."
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Indonesia_declaration_of_independence_17_August_1945.jpg/1280px-Indonesia_declaration_of_independence_17_August_1945.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Proclamation of Indonesian Independence"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence"
  title: Indonesia declared itself independent
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
- revolution
metaDescription: "The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. The declaration marked the start of the "
wikidataQid: Q1661772
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260625125354/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-25
  label: Indonesia declared itself independent
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence"
