AHC: Sultanate of Indonesia

OTL, the sultan of Yogyakarta supported Indonesian independence and Yogyakarta has consequently retained an autonomous status with the sultan as a hereditary ruler. Is it possible for Indonesia to somehow become an independent monarchy, with the sultan of Yogyakarta, or someone else, as sultan of Indonesia?
 
well, soekarno and majority of nationalist is from noblemen lineage, theorically he is charismatic and popular enough to be a king but then he is must consolidate his power to other sultanate. surakarta and pontianak sultanate is example of sultanate which is their power curbed by republican in OTL.
if indonesia will become union sultanate then soekarno is the head of sultans, eh i think this will be like federation of malaysia with the different is head of sultan as head of state and head of executive.
scrap that, unless netherland is head of union of all sultanates in indonesia and keep their power over indonesians after WW2 then the model like fedration of malaysia will be adopted for sultanates of indonesia.
the dictatorship of soekarno and soeharto is from indonesians bottom class POV is their personal kingdom. they are not differentiation between their presidential with kingship just different title the role is not change. if history between indonesia and netherland is not change and dictatorship is still in indonesia then from indonesians POV this is all Monarchy but in name.
 

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It would be more likely Soekarno becoming PM and invite Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Jogjakarta to took the Throne instead.

And knowing Javanese culture of the time, with arranged marriage between nobility and all, I could actually predict in this timeline, that OTL Sultan Hamengkubuwono X would end up married to Megawati Soekarnoputri (Soekarno's eldest daughter). Which will result in Game of Thrones further down the line.
 
It would be more likely Soekarno becoming PM and invite Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Jogjakarta to took the Throne instead.

And knowing Javanese culture of the time, with arranged marriage between nobility and all, I could actually predict in this timeline, that OTL Sultan Hamengkubuwono X would end up married to Megawati Soekarnoputri (Soekarno's eldest daughter). Which will result in Game of Thrones further down the line.
why HB ? maybe javanese is the most populous but another kingdom will not accept even if invited by soekarno, they will contest it in the end HB will be compromise and the most plausible is they will be make council of sultanates, and there is nationalist either from anti-monarchy, communist or Islamist. the civil war will be inevitable and the drive to unite between indonesia is because soekarno. the acceptable outcome is soekarno became king and various nationalist gather to discuss succession and kingdom structural.
 
In BPUPKI meeting in late June, only 6 out of 62 delegates voted for republic. In 5 September (19 days after independence), the sultan of Jogja sent a letter asking for integration. Surakarta even earlier, at 1 September

The only chance I think for Indonesian monarchy is somehow APRA coup succeded in overthrowing the monarvhy and Sultan Hamid II decuded that monarchy is really a good idea for the survival of federal system
 
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