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Rubber soon became Malaya's staple export, stimulated by booming demand from European industry. Rubber was later joined by palm oil as an export good. [ 170 ] All these industries required a large labour force , so the British sent people from the longer-established British colony in India , consisting mainly of Tamil -speakers from South India ...
Initially a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom, Malaya became fully sovereign on 31 August 1957, [3] and on 16 September 1963, Malaya was superseded by Malaysia when it united with Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah), and Sarawak. [4]
This became the accepted model for the future Federation of Malaya and ultimately Malaysia. By 1910 the British had established seven polities on the Malay Peninsula – the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the standalone protectorates of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johor.
The country achieved independence on 31 August 1957. On 16 September 1963, independent Malaya united with the then British crown colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to become Malaysia. In August 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation and became a separate, independent country. [18]
Tunku Abdul Rahman announced in Malacca Town after he returned from London that Malaya would become independent on 31 August 1957. 1957: 21 February: The Reid Commission submitted its working draft to a Working Committee. 1 July: Berita Harian which known as BH, a Malay-language daily newspaper, was founded. 31 July
The Proclamation of Malaysia (Malay: Pemasyhuran Malaysia Jawi: ڤمشهوران مليسيا ) was a statement, written in English and Malay (in the Jawi script), that declared the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the State of Singapore and the British crown colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak into the new Federation of Malaysia, following the enactment of the Malaysia Agreement ...
The date for Federation of Malaya's Independence on 31 August 1957 was determined after Tunku Abdul Rahman, Haji Sulaiman Palestine, Haji Ahmad Badawi, and a number of other UMNO leaders sought the views of Syeikh Abdullah Fahim, a notable Ulama from Kepala Batas, Penang. According to Syeikh Abdullah Fahim, if the British would not grant ...
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; HMS Malaya, a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars; Operation Malaya, a police investigation taking place in Spain; Malaya, a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya; Malaya, a 1961 documentary film produced by Malayan Film Unit (later Filem Negara Malaysia)