Maluku Islands

Maluku Islands ( ; Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas ( ; Dutch: Molukken), Indonesia ke  eastern hissa ke ek archipelago hae. Tectonically ii islands Molucca Sea Collision Zone ke Halmahera Plate pe hae. Geographically ii West Melanesia me hae.  Moluccas ke uu jagha bataawa jaae hae jahaan pe  Asia aur Oceania geography aur sankriti ke anusaar mile hae.

Ii islands ke Spice Islands bola jaawat rahaa, kaaheki hian pe  nutmeg, mace, aur cloves mile hae, jiske kaaran  Europe ke log ii jagha ke 16th century se colonise kare lagin.

Indonesia ke independence ke baad se 199 talak, Maluku Islands ek province rahaa, lekin iske baad iske dui hissa me baat dewa gais;  North Maluku, me  Morotai aur Sula ke biich ke jagha rahaa, aur the jon islands  Buru se Seram se Wetar rahaa   Maluku Province me rahe gais. North Maluku jaada kar ke Muslim hae, aur iske capital, Sofifi Halmahera island me hae. Maluku province me jaada Christian log rahe hae, aur iske capital Ambon hae. Pahile ii jagha ke sab log Melanesian rahin,IRJA.org  lekin dher island ke log ke, khaas kae ke  Banda Islands me, ke 17th century me Dutch–Portuguese War, jiske Spice War ke naam se bhi jaana jaae hae, ke time maar dewa gais rahaa. 20th century se dher migrant log, khaas kar ke Java se aae ke hian pe rahe lagin, jiske kaaran native log aur migranys ke biich ke tanao kharra bhais.

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