Abdul Hadi Pasha
Banned
But even with the later happening, if their administration will be with less money, it will still mean delayed education of East Indies. However I somehow doubt it, and think that the Aceh failure can potentially save the Dutch a good bit of money (because it WAS an expensive war IOTL), so it can be blessing in disguise, both for the Dutch and DEI....
Anyway, while we can't rule out the rise of *Indonesia as a concept of polity and identity, it will likely be something not so comparable with OTL Indonesianism, especially with a failed conquest of Aceh....
The Aceh War was extremely expensive, in lives and money. It lasted for 30 years! I would think it's loss would actually be good for the Dutch, at least in that regard.
With no Aceh, I would think Indonesian nationalism would develop somewhat differently, but the rest of the NEI will still have the common experience of Dutch rule, and the example of a part of it that successfully cast it off.