page_title: Timeline of the Indonesian National Revolution
section_title: 1947
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Indonesian National Revolution / 1947
caption_attribution_description: The historic meeting of the KNIP in Malang, East Java to decide Indonesia's response to the Linggadjati Agreement.
context_page_description: This is the Timeline of Indonesian National Revolution
context_section_description: February: The pro-Republic Datu of Supa is killed by Westerling’s troops.
  February: The 'Linggadjati Agreement' finally ratified by the KNIP after Hatta and Sukarno threaten to resign if it is not accepted.
  June: Amir Sjarifuddin and other leftists in the KNIP withdraw support for Sjahrir's prime ministership. Sjahrir would go abroad to represent the Republic at the UN.
  July: Amir Sjarifuddin becomes Prime Minister of the Republic.
  May: A separate state of West Kalimantan is established under Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Pontianak. Sjahrir protests at the unilateral creation of the state are ineffectual.
  May: The Dutch decide that they must attack the Republic directly, believing they can conquer Republican-held cities within two weeks, and all Republican territory within 6 months.
  20 July: At midnight, the Dutch launch a major military offensive, which they refer to as a 'police action'. Major columns swept out from Jakarta and Bandung to occupy West Java and from Surabaya to occupy Madura and the Eastern Salient. Smaller troop movements secure the Semarang area. The Dutch thus gain control of all deep-water ports in Java, and in Sumatra control is secured over plantations around Medan, oil and coal installations around Palembang and the Padang area. Republican forces retreat amidst confusion destroying what they can, and carrying out last minute acts of revenge; ethnic Chinese in West Java and imprisoned aristocrats in East Sumatra are murdered. The Dutch originally intend to carry on to Yogyakarta to install a more amendable Republican Government. American and British protests at the military action, however, stop the Dutch from complete conquest of the Republic. Australian and Indian, and eventually American representation in the United Nations raise the profile of the independence cause.
  4 August: The Dutch and Sukarno order a UN-demanded ceasefire
  August: The UN allows Sjahrir to address it, but does not allow representatives from Dutch-held areas.
  August: The Dutch continue mopping-up actions operations within their advance points where numerous Republican fighters remain, including the Siliwangi Division in West Java.
  September: The Dutch create the State of South Sumatra.
  October: The UN Good Offices Committee with American, Australian and Belgian representatives is established to assist Dutch-Republican negotiations for a new ceasefire.
  November: The Dutch create the State of East Java.
  December: The Dutch create the State of East Sumatra.
caption: The historic meeting of the KNIP in Malang, East Java to decide Indonesia's response to the Linggadjati Agreement
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