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Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects: British Malaya, 1786-1941 (Cambridge University Press, 2017). online review Archived 3 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Osborne, Milton (2000). Southeast Asia: An Introductory History. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-390-9. Parkinson, C. Northcote. "The British in Malaya" History Today (June 1956) 6#6 pp 367 ...
In 1824, British control in Malaya (before the name Malaysia) was formalised by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, which divided the Malay Archipelago between Britain and the Netherlands. The Dutch evacuated Melaka [ 63 ] and renounced all interest in Malaya, while the British recognised Dutch rule over the rest of the East Indies .
The Federation became independent from British colonial rule and became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 31 August 1957. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] In 1963, the Federation was reconstituted as "Malaysia" when it federated with the British territories of Singapore , Sarawak , and North Borneo ; a claim to the latter territory was ...
The mining population was recruited exclusively from the districts of southern China, and during certain years an increased demand for labourers in China itself, in French Indo-China, in the Dutch colonies, and in South Africa temporarily and adversely affected immigration to the Straits of Malacca.
Malacca was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after the signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, and had been part of the Straits Settlements until 1946. [1] During World War II, it was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945.
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
Although Malaya was effectively governed by the British, the Malays held de jure sovereignty over Malaya. A former British High Commissioner, Hugh Clifford, urged "everyone in this country [to] be mindful of the fact that this is a Malay country, and we British came here at the invitation of Their Highnesses the Malay Rulers, and it is our duty to help the Malays to rule their own country."
The island was renamed the Prince of Wales Island after the heir to the British throne, while the new settlement of George Town was founded in honour of King George III. Thus, George Town became the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and heralded the start of British colonialism in the Malay Peninsula . [ 4 ]