 Pashure pokuwana kuzvitonga kuzere, Jakarta yakavazve guta guru renyika muna 1950. Sezvo Jakarta yakasarudzwa kuti igamuchire Mitambo yeAsia ya1962, Sukarno, achiona Jakarta seguta guru renyika dzakawanda, akatanga mapurojekiti makuru anotsigirwa nehurumende ane zvivakwa zvechihedheni uye zvemazuva ano. Zvirongwa zvacho zvaisanganisira nzvimbo yokuchinjanisa zvinhu, mugwagwa mukuru Jalan MH Thamrin-Sudirman, zvivako zvakadai seThe National Monument, Hotel Indonesia, nzvimbo yokutengesera, uye chivako chitsva chaizova dzimbahwe reCONEFO. Muna October 1965, Jakarta yakanga iri nzvimbo yokuedza kuputsika kwakakundikana umo mauto makuru matanhatu akaurayiwa, zvichikonzera kuchenesa kwechisimba kunorwisana namakomonisitiiyo yakauraya vanhu vanenge 500 000, kusanganisira vamwe vorudzi rwechiChinese. Chiitiko chacho chakaratidza kutanga kweSuhartos New Order. Hurumende yokutanga yaitungamirirwa na meya kusvikira pakupera kwa 1960 apo hofisi yacho yakachinjwa kuva iya yegovernor. Meya wokupedzisira weJakarta akanga ari Soediro kusvikira akatsiviwa naSoemarno Sosroatmodjo samubati. Zvichibva pamutemo No. 5 wa1974 une chokuita nehurumende dzomunzvimbomo, Jakarta yakasimbiswa seguta guru reIndonesia uye rimwe ramapurovhinzi 26 enyika yacho panguva iyeyo. 