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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Malaya 57
Federation of Malaya canonical 27
Federation of Malaya government 8

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 Federation of Malaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malaya
createdFrom British Malaya ⓘ
Federated Malay States ⓘ
Straits Settlements ⓘ
surface form: Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca)

Unfederated Malay States ⓘ
currency Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ
surface form: Straits of Malacca
startYear 1948 ⓘ
subcontinent Southeast Asia ⓘ
succeededBy Malaysia ⓘ

Referenced by (101)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayan Emergency → country → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malayan Emergency → opponent → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federation of Malaya government
British Malaya → followedBy → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
British Malaya → historicalRegion → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force → regionServed → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Battle of Malaya → location → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → location → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Straits Settlements → followedBy → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Penang and Malacca within Federation of Malaya
Straits Settlements → historicalRegion → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Arthur Percival → theatreOfOperations → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malayan National Liberation Army → country → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malayan National Liberation Army → opposedTo → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federation of Malaya government
Anti-British National Liberation War → hasLocation → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Chin Peng → opponent → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federation of Malaya government
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → country → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
subject surface form: Baling Talks
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → location → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
subject surface form: Baling Talks
this entity surface form: Malaya
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → participant → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
subject surface form: Baling Talks
this entity surface form: Alliance Party government of Malaya
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → organizedBy → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
subject surface form: Baling Talks
this entity surface form: Alliance Party government of Malaya
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) → governmentSide → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
subject surface form: Baling Talks
this entity surface form: Alliance Party government of Malaya
Federation of Malaya → country → Federation of Malaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malayan Communist Party → headquartersLocation → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malayan Communist Party → opposedTo → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federation of Malaya government
Lai Teck → countryOfActivity → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Kedah → joinedFederation → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Kedah → partOf → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malay Peninsula → historicalRegion → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Manchester Regiment → servedInTheatre → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malaya and British Borneo dollar → usedIn → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malaya and British Borneo dollar → historicalRegion → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Kuala Lumpur → previouslyAdministrativeCapitalOf → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malacca → partOf → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
General Order No. 1 → geographicScope → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Hisaichi Terauchi → deathPlace → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
South East Asia Command → regionServed → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Syonan-to → locatedIn → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army → areaOfOperations → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Force 136 → theater → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Rani of Jhansi Regiment → operatedIn → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Malaysia) → foundedBy → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Federation of Malaya
Malayan Union → replacedBy → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malayan Union → successorState → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
General Officer Commanding Malaya Command → location → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
SOE → activeIn → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Singapore–Malaysia border → establishedBetween → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → areaOfOperations → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Mahathir Mohamad → birthPlace → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Royal Malayan Police → country → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Royal Malayan Police → jurisdiction → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaya
Royal Malayan Police → jurisdiction → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Royal Malayan Police → employer → Federation of Malaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Federation of Malaya