Federation of Malaya

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British protectorate federation former country

The Federation of Malaya was a British-formed union of Malay states and settlements on the Malay Peninsula that gained independence in 1957 and later became a core component of modern Malaysia.

Aliases (4)

Malaya ×18
Federation of Malaya government ×4
Alliance Party government of Malaya ×3
Colony of Penang and Malacca within Federation of Malaya ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British protectorate → federation → former country →
borderedBy	Singapore → Thailand →
capital	Kuala Lumpur →
colonialPower	United Kingdom →
continent	Asia →
coreOf	modern Malaysia →
country	Malaya →
createdFrom	British Malaya → Federated Malay States → Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca) → Unfederated Malay States →
currency	Malayan dollar →
dateEstablished	1948-02-01 →
dissolutionDate	1963-09-16 →
endYear	1963 →
establishedBy	United Kingdom →
firstPrimeMinister	Tunku Abdul Rahman →
firstYangDiPertuanAgong	Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan →
flagName	Jalur Gemilang (precursor of Malaysia’s flag) →
governmentType	constitutional monarchy →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister →
headOfStateTitle	Yang di-Pertuan Agong →
includedState	Johor → Kedah → Kelantan → Malacca → Negeri Sembilan → Pahang → Penang → Perak → Perlis → Selangor → Terengganu →
independenceDate	1957-08-31 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
joinedToForm	Malaysia in 1963 with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore →
legislature	Federal Legislative Council →
locatedOn	Malay Peninsula →
nationalAnthem	Negaraku →
officialLanguage	English → Malay →
partOf	Commonwealth of Nations →
politicalSystem	parliamentary democracy →
religion	Islam →
seaBorder	South China Sea → Straits of Malacca →
startYear	1948 →
subcontinent	Southeast Asia →
succeededBy	Malaysia →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baling Talks → Federation of Malaya ("Malaya") → Malayan Emergency → Malayan National Liberation Army ("Malaya") →	country
British Malaya ("Malaya") → Malay Peninsula ("Malaya") → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ("Malaya") → Straits Settlements ("Malaya") →	historicalRegion
Baling Talks ("Malaya") → Battle of Malaya ("Malaya") → South-East Asian theatre of World War II ("Malaya") →	location
British Malaya → Straits Settlements ("Colony of Penang and Malacca within Federation of Malaya") →	followedBy
Chin Peng ("Federation of Malaya government") → Malayan Emergency ("Federation of Malaya government") →	opponent
Malayan Communist Party ("Federation of Malaya government") → Malayan National Liberation Army ("Federation of Malaya government") →	opposedTo
Kedah → Malacca →	partOf
South East Asia Command ("Malaya") → Straits Settlements Volunteer Force ("Malaya") →	regionServed
Lai Teck ("Malaya") →	countryOfActivity
Hisaichi Terauchi ("Malaya") →	deathPlace
General Order No. 1 ("Malaya") →	geographicScope
Baling Talks ("Alliance Party government of Malaya") →	governmentSide
Anti-British National Liberation War ("Malaya") →	hasLocation
Malayan Communist Party ("Malaya") →	headquartersLocation
Kedah →	joinedFederation
Baling Talks ("Alliance Party government of Malaya") →	organizedBy
Baling Talks ("Alliance Party government of Malaya") →	participant
Kuala Lumpur →	previouslyAdministrativeCapitalOf
Manchester Regiment ("Malaya") →	servedInTheatre
Arthur Percival ("Malaya") →	theatreOfOperations
Malaya and British Borneo dollar →	usedIn