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The cession has sparked nationalism among Malay intellectuals. They started the anti-cession movement with their main centre of operation in Sibu and Kuching.Meanwhile, the majority of Chinese supported the cession because the British would bring more economic benefits to Sarawak and illegal gambling and the opium trade would be banned under British rule which would also benefit the economy.
Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 6 July 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo, executed two months before the Surrender of Japan: Vacant: 25 December 1941 – 1946 (17) John Beville Archer: 1946 – 1 July 1946: 2nd time. Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo.
Flag of the Raj of Sarawak from 1870 to 1946. Map of the Raj of Sarawak, 1920s. This article lists the British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak from 1888 to 1946. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Raj of Sarawak during the period of a British protectorate (from 14 June 1888 to 1 July 1946), until the country was ceded to the United Kingdom and became the ...
The Raj of Sarawak, Kingdom of Sarawak or State of Sarawak, was a kingdom founded in 1841 in northwestern Borneo and was in a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom from 1888. It was formed from a series of land concessions acquired by the Englishman James Brooke from the Sultan of Brunei .
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies cities began as settlements in foreign lands controlled by England during medieval times from the 12th century as English overseas possessions, later from 1707 after union with Scotland becoming termed as the British Empire comprising Crown Colonies, which after a reduction of these due to countries being granted independence, became known as ...
Pages in category "Governors of Sarawak" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anthony Abell;
Governor of Sarawak may refer to: Governors of the Crown Colony of Sarawak from 1946 to 1963; Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, ...
Governor of British Ceylon — Sir John Scott (1878 – 1946) Acting: 21 October 1929 5 February 1930 3 months and 15 days unknown: Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements 20 Sir Cecil Clementi (1875–1947) 5 February 1930 17 February 1934 4 years and 12 days Cawnpore, British India Governor of Hong Kong — Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951 ...