Image: Instagram/@galerisejarah
As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta has a long history that could not be easily overlooked. A series of important events have happened in the city that once was called Batavia.
Here are some pictures of Jakarta inIndonesia's early years until the start of the New Order regime taken fromInstagram/@galerisejarah.
A heartbreaking photo taken by an American, Donald Smith, showing women in pain waiting for the train to flee from a war in Tanjung Priok on August 21, 1947.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah(brl/red)