Anthem: God Save the King (1946–1952) God Save the Queen (1952–1963)
Fair Land Sarawak(1946-1973)
Status
British colony
Capital
Kuching
Common languages
English, Iban, Melanau, Bidayuh, Sarawak Malay, Chinese etc.
Government
Crown colony
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[1][2]
• Self-government
22 July 1963
• Malaysia Agreement
16 September 1963
Currency
Sarawak dollar, later Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Military Administration (Borneo)
Sarawak
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.
^"Sarawak as a British Crown Colony (1946 – 1963)". Sarawak State Government. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^Walter Yust (1947). Ten eventful years: a record of events of the years preceding, including and following World War II, 1937 through 1946. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 382.
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