Greater Indonesia

This article is about the geopolitical concept. For the national anthem of Indonesia, see Indonesia Raya.

Map of Greater Indonesia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and East Timor

Greater Indonesia (in Indonesian: Indonesia Raya) was an irredentist political concept that sought to bring the so-called Malay race together, by uniting the territories of the Dutch East Indies (and Portuguese Timor) with British Malaya and British Borneo.[1] It was espoused by students and graduates of Sultan Idris Training College for Malay Teachers in the late 1920s, and individuals from Sumatra and Java, including Mohammad Natsir and Sukarno, on 28 September 1950.[1] Indonesia Raya was adopted as the name of what later became the Indonesian national anthem in 1924.

While the definition of Greater Indonesia is consistent, the definition of Greater Malay (Malay: Melayu Raya) and the related concept of the Malay world and realm (Malay: Dunia Melayu and Alam Melayu) varies, from being virtually synonymous with Greater Indonesia to a Peninsular-focused dominance.[2][3][4]

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  3. ^ Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural, and social perspectives. Geoffrey Benjamin, Cynthia Chou. Leiden, the Netherlands: International Institute for Asian Studies. 2002. ISBN 981-230-167-4. OCLC 51162496.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Soda, Naoki (September 2001). "The Malay World in Textbooks: The Transmission of Colonial Knowledge in British Malaya" (PDF). Southeast Asian Studies/東南アジア研究 [Tonan Ajia Kenkyu]. 39 (2). Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University: 188–234. eISSN 2424-1377. ISSN 0563-8682.