 In the 1930s, the Dutch East Indies government had planned to move the capital from Batavia to Bandung, and built military barracks, a central government building ("Gouvernments Bedrijven", nicknamed "Gedung Sate"), and several others.This plan did not come to fruition following the failure of the Dutch to reclaim Indonesia after World War II.The fertile area of the Parahyangan mountains surrounding Bandung allowed for productive tea plantations.