Banjar Region Explained

Conventional Long Name:Banjar Region
Native Name:Daerah Banjar
Common Name:Banjar Region
Subdivision:Federation
Nation:Indonesia
Status Text:State-level autonomous region of Indonesia
P1:Republic of Indonesia
Flag P1:Flag of Indonesia.svg
S1:South Kalimantan
Flag S1:Flag of Indonesia.svg
Flag Type:Flag
Image Map Caption:Banjar in the United States of Indonesia
Title Leader:President (government title)
Leader1:Mohammad Hanafiah
Era:Cold War
Date Start:14 January
Year Start:1948
Date End:4 April
Year End:1950

Banjar Region (Indonesian: Daerah Banjar, old spelling Bandjar) 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. Banjar became a constituent part of the United States of Indonesia in 1949. The chairman of the Banjar Council was Mohammed Hanafiah. The region was dissolved on 4 April 1950 and combined with Great Dayak and the Southeast Borneo Federation to form Kalimantan Province. Today, the territory of the former region comprises around two thirds of South Kalimantan Province.

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