Southeast Borneo Federation

Southeast Borneo Federation
Federasi Kalimantan Tenggara
State-level autonomous region of Indonesia

1947–1950
Historical era Cold War
  Established January 1947
  Disestablished 18 April 1950

Southeast Borneo Federation (Indonesian: Federasi Kalimantan Tenggara) was an autonomous area formed in the southeastern part of Indonesian island of Borneo by the Netherlands in 1948 as part of an attempt to re-establish the colony of the Dutch East Indies during the Indonesian National Revolution. Southeast Borneo became a constituent part of the United States of Indonesia in 1949. The Federation was dissolved on 18 April 1950 and combined with Great Dayak and Bandjar to form Kalimantan Province.

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