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Motto: Dipelihara Allah (English: "Under God's Protection")
Malaya in 1922:
Unfederated Malay States
Federated Malay States
Straits Settlements
Status
Federal protectorate of the British Empire
Capital
Kuala Lumpur1
Common languages
English
Malay²
Chinese
Tamil
Religion
Sunni Islam
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1895–1901 (first)
Victoria
• 1936–1942; 1945–1946 (last)
George VI
Resident General
• 1896–1901 (first)
Sir Frank Swettenham
• 1939–1942 (last)
Hugh Fraser
Legislature
Federal Legislative Council
Historical era
British Empire
• Federated
1895
• Treaty of Federation
1 July 1896
• Japanese occupation
15 February 1942 – 2 September 1945
• Japanese surrender
2 September 1945
• Malayan Union
1 April 1946
Population
• 1933[1]
1,597,700
Currency
Straits dollar (1898–1939) Malayan dollar (1939–1942; 1945–1946)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Selangor
Perak
Negeri Sembilan
Pahang
Japanese occupation of Malaya
British Military Administration (Malaya)
Malayan Union
Today part of
Malaysia
1 Also the state capital of Selangor ² Malay using Jawi (Arabic) script ³ Later Chief Secretaries to the Government and Federal Secretaries
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Prehistoric Malaysia
Paleolithic
Lenggong Valley
c. 2.000.0000 BCE
Mansuli Valley
235,000 BCE
Mesolithic
Niah cultures
65,000–40,000 BCE
Neolithic
Bewah man/woman
16,000 BCE
Perak man/woman
11,000–200 BCE
Neolithic Klang
500 – 200 BCE
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<100 BCE
Chi Tu
100 BCE–642 CE
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100 BCE–1474 CE
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c. 100 CE–1025
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424–775
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170–1135
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449–1454
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1300s
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1136–present
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1267–1521
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1368–present
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1402–1511
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1450–1899
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1470–1623
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1496–1903
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1516– 1902
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1528–present
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1599–1641
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1766–present
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1780–1899
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1808–1916
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1810–1902
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1839–1864
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1511–1641
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1601–1661
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1620
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1641–1824
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1770–1881
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1786–1946
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1821–1826
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1824
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1826
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1831–1832
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1841–1946
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1843
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1848–1946
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1857–1863
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1861–1874
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1867–1874
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1874
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1875–1876
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1874–1946
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1879
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1882–1946
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1891–1895
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1894–1905
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1895–1946
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1909
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1909–1946
Battle of Penang
1914
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1915
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Japanese occupation of Malaya / Borneo
1941–1945
Malayan campaign
1941–1942
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1941–1942
Battle of Muar
1942
Parit Sulong Massacre
1942
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1942
Sook Ching
1942
Syburi
1942
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1942–1945
Si Rat Malai
1943–1945
Jesselton revolt
1943–1944
Formative era
BMA of Malaya/Borneo
1945–1946
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1946–1963
Crown Colony of Sarawak
1946–1963
Anti-cession movement
1946–1963
Malayan Union
1946–1948
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1948–1963
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1948
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1948–1960
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1948
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1950
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1955
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1957
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1959
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1960–2012
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1962–1990
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1963
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1963–1966
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1963
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1963
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1963–1965
ASEAN Declaration
1967
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1968–1989
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1969
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1969–1971
Declaration of Rukun Negara
1970
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1971–1990
Peace Agreement of Hat Yai
1989
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Federal Territory of KL
1974
1977 Kelantan Emergency
1977
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1979–2008
South China Sea dispute (Spratly)
1980–present
Federal Territory of Labuan
1984
Memali incident
1985
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1987
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1987–1988
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1993
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1997–1998
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1998–2022
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2015–present
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2018
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2020–present
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1964
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1967–2009
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1967
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1969
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1969–2002
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1971
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1972–present
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1975
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1975
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1976
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1976
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1977
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1977
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1981
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1985
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1991
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1993
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1995
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1995
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1996
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1996
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2000
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2000
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The Federated Malay States (FMS, Malay: Negeri-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu, Jawi: نݢري٢ ملايو برسکوتو) was a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang) and the Unfederated Malay States, formed the Malayan Union. Two years later, the Union became the Federation of Malaya, which achieved independence in 1957, and finally Malaysia in 1963 with the inclusion of North Borneo (present-day Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore.
Real power in the FMS and its constituent states rested with the four local British Residents and the Resident-General, the discretionary powers of the local sultans being essentially reduced to matters "touching Malay Religion and Customs".
The federation, along with the Unfederated Malay States of the peninsula and the Straits Settlements, was overrun and occupied by the Japanese during World War II. After the liberation of Malaya following the Japanese surrender, the federation was not restored, but the federal form of government was retained as the principal model for consolidating the separate States as an independent Federation of Malaya and the Federation's later evolution into Malaysia.
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