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The term "British Malaya" (/ m ... On 1 May 1786, the Union Flag was officially raised in Penang for the first time. In 1800, Kedah ceded Prai to the British and the ...
English: This is the flag of former British colonies the Federated Malay States (1896-1942), the Malayan Union (1946-1948) and the Federation of Malaya (1948-1950). 中文： 这是前英属殖民地 马来联邦 （1896年—1942年）、 马来亚联邦 （1946年—1948年）及 马来亚联合邦 （1948年—1950年）的邦旗。
Flag of Malaysia (Banner display) Fourteen vertical stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a yellow crescent and 14-point star pointing upward on a blue field. Civil Ensign of Malaysia: A red field with the Flag of Malaysia in a blue-fimbriated canton. Government Ensign of Malaysia: A blue field with the Flag of Malaysia in the canton.
The flag of the Federated Malay States (1896–1946), the Malayan Union (1946–1948) and the Federation of Malaya (1948–1950) represented the union of the four Malay states of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang in a federation as a protectorate under the British Crown. [1] The flag was striped horizontally with an overall 1:2 to ...
The British established the Federal Council in 1898 to administer the federation. It was headed by the High Commissioner (The Governor of the Straits Settlement), assisted by the Resident-General, the rulers, the four state Residents and four nominated unofficial members. This structure remained until the Japanese invaded Malaya on 8 December 1941.
The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya. It comprised eleven states – nine Malay states and two of the Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca. It was ...
Malaya became independent from British colonial rule on 31 August 1957. Map of Federation of Malaya The Merdeka Stadium. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj announced the independence of Malaya from the British on August 31, 1957, at Stadium Merdeka. The Flag of Malaya in use from 1950 to 1963
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under control of the British Raj in 1858 and then under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1867.