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Among those British individuals was British trader W. H. M. Read. Furthermore, he promised to accept a British advisor if the British recognised him as the legitimate ruler of Perak. The Governor of the Straits Settlements at that time was Sir Harry Ord who was a friend of Ngah Ibrahim, who had unresolved issues with Raja Abdullah.
The Malayali people (Malayalam: [mɐlɐjaːɭi]; also spelt Malayalee and sometimes known by the demonym Keralite) ... French Mahe, and British English, ...
In 1948, the British government returned power to the native rulers of the former protected states, and the Malayan Union was transformed into the Federation of Malaya – a federation of protected states and Crown colonies (Penang and Malacca had remained Crown colonies throughout the Malayan Union era). The Federation of Malaya was headed by ...
The bulk of Malaysian Malayali migration began during the British Raj, when the British facilitated the migration of Indian workers to work in plantations, but unlike the majority Tamils, the vast majority of the Malayalis were recruited as supervisors (called mandur) in the oil palm estates that followed the kangani system, and some were into ...
Pages in category "British Malaya" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "British people of Malayali descent" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
The British Military Administration (BMA) was the interim administrator of British Malaya from August 1945, the end of World War II, to the establishment of the Malayan Union in April 1946. The BMA was under the direct command of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten .
British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States; Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore