Editing Bali (section)

=== Independence from the Dutch ===
In 1945, Bali was liberated by the British [[5th Infantry Division (India)|5th infantry Division]] under the command of Major-General [[Robert Mansergh]] who took the Japanese surrender. Once Japanese forces had been repatriated, the island was handed over to the Dutch the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dutch terror camps in Bali - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia |url=https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-150-oct-dec-2022/dutch-terror-camps-in-bali |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.insideindonesia.org}}</ref>

In 1946, the Dutch constituted Bali as one of the 13 administrative districts of the newly proclaimed [[State of East Indonesia]], a rival state to the Republic of Indonesia, which was proclaimed and headed by [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta|Hatta]]. Bali was included in the "[[Republic of the United States of Indonesia]]" when the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.<ref>[[#Barski|Barski]], p. 51</ref> The first governor of Bali, [[Anak Agung Bagus Suteja]], was appointed by President Sukarno in 1958, when Bali became a province.<ref>[[#Pringle|Pringle]], p. 167</ref>