The State of East Sumatra (Negara Sumatera Timur) was established by the Netherlands after the reoccupation of North Sumatra in July, 1947, during the...

northern part of the island of Sumatra, just south of Aceh. Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island. It is bordered by Aceh...

The East Sumatra revolution, also known as the East Sumatra social revolution (Revolusi Sosial Sumatera Timur), began on 3 March 1946. Across 25 "native...

stripes of green, white, and green. The Second Dutch military intervention on 30 August 1948 resulted in the establishment of State of South Sumatra, and...

Negara (head of state) of East Sumatra, part of the United States of Indonesia. Mansur was a member of the Asahan royal family, an uncle of Sultan Saiboen...

The State of South Sumatra (Indonesian: Negara Sumatra Selatan) was a federal state and part of the United States of Indonesia formed in the southern part...

The city became first the capital of the State of East Sumatra, and then the provincial capital of North Sumatra. The term medan might be derived from...

Sumatra (/sʊˈmɑːtrə/) is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as...

including East Sumatra (December 1947), Madura and West Java (February 1948), South Sumatra (September 1948) and East Java (November 1948). The leaders of these...

Federation of the XII Hulubalangs ... Asahan: Asahan, in east Sumatra, was founded as a state at the end of the 17th century by a son of the Sultan of Aceh...