Monday, August 29, 2011

MALAYSIA INDEPENDENCE DAY, 31st August 2011, Declaration of Independence, British Rule- Colony



MALAYSIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
31st August 2011
MERDEKA!


MALAYSIA'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
 

MALAYA BECAME INDEPENDENT 
ON 31 AUGUST 1957




BRITISH COLONIALISM IN MALAYSIA

In the late 18th century the British East India Company traded with, and partly controlled India. At that time they began looking for a base in Malaysia. 


In 1786 the British under Francis Light occupied Penang and founded Georgetown. In 1800 they took Province Wellesley.


In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles founded a British trading post at Singapore.


By the treaty of London, 1824, the British and Dutch divided the region between them. The Dutch surrendered Melaka to the British. The Dutch were given control of Sumatra and all the area below the Malay Peninsula.


The British signed treaties of protection with Malay rulers from 1874 to 1930. In 1896 some of these states were grouped together as the Federated Malay States. Malaya was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. 


All the Malay states, together with the Straits Settlements except for Singapore, were incorporated into a new federation in 1948.


This was the basis on which Malaya achieved independence in 1957. In 1963 Malaya joined with Singapore (which seceded in 1965), North Borneo, and Sarawak to form Malaysia.



TIMELINE
1786
Penang ceded to East India Company by Sultan of Kedah
1819
Singapore Island is leased to the East India Company
1824
Malacca transferred to British control. Singapore leased in perpetuity
1826
The three become known as the Straights Settlements
1867
The Straights Settlements become a British Crown Colony
1870s
First trials of rubber trees
1896
Federated Malay States formed from Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang
1904
The Unfederated States of Kelantan, Kedah, Terengganu and Perilis accept British advisors
1914
Johor accepts British advisors
1941
Japan invades Malaya
1942
Malaya and Singapore are occupied by the Japanese
1948 - 1960
Communist insurgents cause 'Emergency' to be declared
1957
Federation of Malaya achieves independence
1959
Singapore achieves independence
1963
Malaysia formed
1965
Singapore withdraws from Malaysia. Becomes a city state.





MERDEKA
MERDEKA
MERDEKA

3 comments:

  1. Ya permaisuri,
    Selamat hari raya. Semoga terus berada dalam rahmat Allah.Ya permaisuri,
    Selamat hari raya. Semoga terus berada dalam rahmat Allah.

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  2. hi katrina, selamat menyambut hari merdeka 31st august 2011.
    this post is really great. God bless you for sharing this with all of us. hope in time many will read this.
    i like to see the old map....

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  3. Uncle Rem & CV,

    Thank you, and wishing you a very HAPPY HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI to you and family too..

    Pop queen Beyoncé, when she announced she is expecting her first child, set a new Twitter record for the highest amount of tweets posted per second.

    One of my favourite song by her - “If I were a boy”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpsOqh8q0M&ob=av3e
    (sorry tak pandai nak compresskan)

    Soon to be a mum, maybe I should tweet her to come up with a special song “If I were a Queen”..

    Boleh le tumpang2 menyanyi...

    Cheers

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