Federation of Malaya Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malay) | |||||||||||||
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1948–1963 | |||||||||||||
Flag
(1950–1963) | |||||||||||||
Anthem: God Save the King / Queen (1948–1957) Negaraku (1957–1963) | |||||||||||||
Location of the Federation of Malaya (dark blue) | |||||||||||||
Status | Protectorate of the United Kingdom (1948–1957) Sovereign state (1957–1963) | ||||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Kuala Lumpur 3°8′N 101°41′E / 3.133°N 101.683°E | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Malay (official) English | ||||||||||||
Government | Federation as British protectorate (1948–1957) Federal parliamentary elective constitutional monarchy (1957–1963) | ||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1948–1952 | George VI | ||||||||||||
• 1952–1957 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||
• 1957–1960 | Abdul Rahman | ||||||||||||
• 1960 | Hisamuddin | ||||||||||||
• 1960–1963 | Putra | ||||||||||||
High Commissioner | |||||||||||||
• 1948 | Edward Gent | ||||||||||||
• 1948–1951 | Henry Gurney | ||||||||||||
• 1952–1954 | Gerald Templer | ||||||||||||
• 1954–1957 | Donald MacGillivray | ||||||||||||
Head of government | |||||||||||||
• 1955–1957 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (as Chief Minister) | ||||||||||||
• 1957–1963 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (as Prime Minister) | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Federal Legislative Council (1948–1959) Parliament (since 1959) | ||||||||||||
Dewan Negara (Senate) (since 1959) | |||||||||||||
Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) (since 1959) | |||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1 February 1948[1] | ||||||||||||
31 August 1957 | |||||||||||||
16 September 1963 | |||||||||||||
Currency | Malayan dollar (1948–1953) Malaya and British Borneo dollar (1953–1967) | ||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC+7:30 (Malaya Standard Time) | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Malaysia |
History of Malaysia |
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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 established on 1 February 1948.[2]
Initially a self-governing colony, Malaya became sovereign on 31 August 1957,[3] and on 16 September 1963, Malaya was superseded by Malaysia when it united with Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah), and Sarawak.[4] Singapore was expelled on 9 August 1965, leaving the original states of Malaya as well as Sarawak and Sabah – now also known as East Malaysia – making up modern-day Malaysia.