Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malay) | |||||||||||||
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| 1948–1963 | |||||||||||||
| Motto: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu (Malay) برسکوتو برتمبه موتو (Jawi) (English: "Unity is Strength") | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the King" (1948–1952); "God Save the Queen" (1952–1957) Negaraku (from 1957) (English: "My Country") | |||||||||||||
Location of the Federation of Malaya (dark blue) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Protected state of the United Kingdom (1948–1957) Sovereign state (1957–1963) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kuala Lumpur 3°8′N 101°41′E / 3.133°N 101.683°E | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Malay | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 31 August 1957 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 131,952 km2 (50,947 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1951 census | 5,517,222 | ||||||||||||
| 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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Malaya, officially the Federation of Malaya, was a country in Southeast Asia from 1948 to 1963. It succeeded 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.
Initially a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom, Malaya became fully sovereign on 31 August 1957, and on 16 September 1963, Malaya was superseded by Malaysia when it united with Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. Singapore left on 9 August 1965, leaving the original states of Malaya along with Sarawak and Sabah – now collectively known as East Malaysia – to form modern-day Malaysia, while the former Federation of Malaya is now referred to as Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia.