In short
this is the history of name Jakarta
From
7th to early 16th century port of Sunda is within the sphere of influence of Srivijaya
maritime. The harbour area became known as Sunda Kelapa
and by the fourteenth century, it was a major trading port for Sunda kingdom.
In
1513 the Kingdom of Sunda made an alliance treaty with Portugal for
the Portuguese to build a port in 1522 in order to defend against the rising
power of the Sultanate of Demak from central Java. In 1527, Fatahillah,
a Javanese general from Demak conquered Sunda Kelapa, driving out the
Portuguese. Then Sunda Kelapa was renamed Jayakarta, and became a fiefdom of
the Sultanate of Banten. And The Prince Jayawikarta
from the Sultanate of Banten made trading relationship
with the English and Dutch merchants.
When
relations between Prince Jayawikarta and the Dutch deteriorated, Jayawikarta's
soldiers attacked the Dutch fortress. The victory consolidated Dutch power and
in 1619 they renamed the city Batavia.
During
World War II, the city was renamed from Batavia to "Jakarta" (short
form of Jayakarta) by the Indonesian nationalists after conquering the city
from the Dutch in 1942 with the help of the Japanese forces.
In
1966, Jakarta was declared a "special capital city district" (daerah
khusus ibukota), thus gaining a status approximately equivalent to that of
a state or province.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta#History
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