Crown Colony of Sarawak
Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963) State of Sarawak (1963) | |||||||||||
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| 1946–1963 | |||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the King" (1946–1952); "God Save the Queen" (1952–1963) "Fair Land Sarawak" (1946–1963) | |||||||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Kuching | ||||||||||
| Common languages | English, Iban, Melanau, Bidayuh, Sarawak Malay, Chinese etc. | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1946–1952 | George VI | ||||||||||
• 1952–1963 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1946–1949 | Charles Clarke | ||||||||||
• 1960–1963 | Alexander Waddell | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Council Negri | ||||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||
• Sarawak ceded to the Crown Colony | 1 July 1946 | ||||||||||
| 22 July 1963 | |||||||||||
| 16 September 1963 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Sarawak dollar, later Malaya and British Borneo dollar | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Malaysia | ||||||||||
The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British Crown colony on the island of Borneo, established in 1946, shortly after the dissolution of the British Military Administration. It was succeeded as the state of Sarawak through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.