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as an autonomous region within independent Indonesia until the death of its raja in 1952, which ended legal powers of the kingdom. Following administrative reorganization of the Lesser Sunda Islands in 1958, Sikka was formed as a regency in East Nusa Tenggara. However, the raja retained political influence and cultural authority, leading to pushback against republicanism in Sikka throughout the 1950s and 1960s. There was also conflict between the Catholic Party

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