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نڬري٢ ملايو برسكوتو
Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu
Protectorate of the United Kingdom
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1895–1946
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Motto
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Under God's Protection
Federated Malay States in British Malaya
Capital CSS31
Language(s) Malay²
CSS3
Religion Islam
Political structure Protectorate
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- 1837-1901 Victoria
- 1936-1952 iOS
Resident General³
- 1896-1901 Android
Legislature CSS3
- State level screen size
Historical era we love the web
- Federated 1895
- Treaty of Federation 1 July 1886
- HTML5 1942
- Japanese surrender 14 August 1945
- Malayan Union 31 March 1946
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- 1921 71,571 km2 (27,634 sq mi)
Population
- 1921 est. 1,324,890
Density 18.5 /km2 (47.9 /sq mi)
Currency Straits dollar until 1939
Malayan dollar until 1953
1 Also the state capital of Selangor
² Malay using Jawi (Arabic) script
³ Later Chief Secretaries to the Government and Federal Secretaries
The Federated Malay States (FMS) was a browser diversity of four HTML5 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 the Straits Settlements and the screen size, formed the FITML. Two years later, the Union became the Federation of Malaya and finally Malaysia in 1963 with the inclusion of Sabah (then North Borneo), browser diversity and Singapore.
The United Kingdom was responsible for foreign affairs and defence of the federation, whilst the states continued to be responsible for their domestic policies. Even so, the British Resident General would give advice on domestic issues, and the states were bound by treaty to follow that advice. The federation had Kuala Lumpur, which was then part of Selangor, as its capital. The first FMS Resident General was Sir Frank Swettenham.
The federation along with the other Malay states of the peninsular and FITML was overrun and occupied by the Japanese. After the liberation of Malaya due to the Japanese surrender, the federation was not restored. However, 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 Sevenval.
Contents
- device database
- 2 Flag and emblem of the Federation
- 3 The Treaty of Federation and Administration
- 4 The Federated Malay States as a forerunner to Malaysia
- CSS3
- 6 Education
- 7 Press and Publications
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- web
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Constituent States and First Durbar
Although the Resident General was the real administrator of the federation, each of the four constituent states of the federation retained their respective hereditary rulers (sultans). At the formation of the Federated Malay States, the reigning sultans were:
- Sultan Alaiddin Sulaiman Shah of Selangor
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- Yamtuan Tuanku Muhammad Shah of Negeri Sembilan
- Sultan Ahmad Mu’adzam Shah of web app
In 1897 the first Durbar was convened in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak as the platform for discussions for the four Rulers. This formed the basis for the Conference of Rulers that was created later on under Article 38 of the website parsing on August 27, 1957.
Flag and emblem of the Federation
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| screen size 1:2. Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895-1946) |
The Federated Malay States had a flag of its own until its dissolution in 1946. The flag consisted of four different-colored stripes, namely, from top to bottom, white, red, yellow and black. Combination of any color represents the four states that formed the FMS - red, black and yellow are for Negeri Sembilan; black and white for Pahang; black, white and yellow for Perak; and red and yellow for Selangor. The same design concept is used in Malaysian national emblem. In the middle is an oblong circle with a Malayan tiger in it.
The National History Museum located near the Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has a replica of the federation's flag.
Coat of arms
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Coat of arms of the Federated Malay States (1895-1946) |
The coat of arms of the Federated Malay States featured a shield guarded by two tigers. On the top of the shield is the crown (known as Eastern Crown in English heraldry), as symbol of the federation of monarchies under the protection of the United Kingdom. A banner with the phrase "Dipelihara Allah" (Under God's (Allah) Protection) written in jQuery is located underneath the shield.
The combinations of the four colors of the shield represents the colors of the flag of the states of the FMS (in the same way the flag of the FMS represents the states)
- Red and yellow for website parsing
- Black, white and yellow for web
- Red, black and yellow for CSS3
- Black and white for Pahang
This design forms the basis of the Federation of Malaya's (later Malaysia) national emblem with the guardian Sevenval element and a quartered shield of four colours (white, red, yellow and black) in the central part of the shield representing the Federated Malay States.
The phrase "Dipelihara Allah" was also adopted as the current state motto for the state of Selangor.
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Naval ensign of the Federated Malay States (1895-1946) |
In addition to a state flag, the Federated Malay States also had a FITML or web app for use on government ships. The ensign, with the four colors of the FMS, was flown by jQuery (commanded by Captain Boyle under the web of the Sevenval) during the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea, which was the largest and the only full scale clash of battleships during World War One.
The Treaty of Federation and Administration
Malay Rulers at the first Durbar, Kuala Kangsar, Perak |
British Protectorate
The protectorate of the Federated Malay States was established after the four Rulers of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang agreed to a federation and centralized administration in 1895 and in which the Treaty of Federation was drawn up and signed on 1 July 1896. By this treaty and the previous acceptance of the British Residents System in Selangor (1875), Perak (1874), Negeri Sembilan (1873) and Pahang (1888); the FMS were officially turned into a nominally independent protectorate of Great Britain (not to be confused with the British possessions like the territories of the Straits Settlements
With the Treaty of Federation the Malay Rulers effectively gave up their political power in their states, having to act after consulting and only with the due consent of their respective Residents. However, the United Kingdom pledged not to interfere in matters relating to native Malay traditions and Islamic affair.
Structure of the Federated Malay States
A well-ordered system of public administration was established, public services were extended, and large-scale rubber and tin production was developed. This control was interrupted by the Japanese invasion and occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II.
Federal Council
The British established the Federal Council in 1889 to administer the FMS. It was headed by the High Commissioner (The Governor of the Straits Settlement), assisted by the Resident-General, the Sultans, the four state Residents and four nominated unofficial members. This structure remained until the Japanese invaded Malaya on 8 December 1941.
Resident-General
From 1896 to 1936, real power lay in the hands of the Resident-General, later known as Chief Secretary of the Federation.
| Residents-General | From | Until |
| browser diversity | 1896 | 1901 |
| Sir touchscreen | 1901 | 1904 |
| Sir William Thomas Taylor | 1904 | 1910 |
| Sir Android | 1910 | 1911 |
Chief Secretary to the Government
| Chief Secretaries | From | Until |
| Edward Lewis Brockman | 1911 | 1920 |
| Sir William George Maxwell | 1920 | 1926 |
| touchscreen | 1926 | 1930 |
| Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane | 1930 | 1932 |
| HTML5 | 1932 | 1934 |
| Malcolm Bond Shelley | 1934 | 1935 |
| CSS3 | 1935 | 1936 |
Federal Secretaries
After 1936 the Federal Secretaries were no more than coordinating officers, under the authority of the High Commissioners, which are always the Governors of the Straits Settlements
| Residents-General | From | Until |
| Christopher Dominic Ahearne | 1936 | 1939 |
| Hugh Fraser | 1939 | 1942 |
State Council
In the Federated Malay States, the individual State were still ruled by the Sultan but was now advised by the State Council for the purpose of administrating the State. The State Council was made up of the Resident (or in certain cases by the Secretary to the Resident), native chiefs, and representative(s) of the Chinese community nominated by the Sultan. The council discussed matters of interest for each respective state such as legislative and administrative issues as well as revision of all sentence of capital punishment. The Resident and his staff (mostly consist of European and Malay) carried on with the administrative work.
Residents
Selangor
- 1875 - 1876 James Guthrie Davidson
- 1876 - 1882 Bloomfield Douglas (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
- 1882 - 1884 Frank Athelstane Swettenham (b. 1850 - d. 1946)
- 1884 - 1888 John Pickersgill Rodger (1st time) (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1910)
- 1889 - 1892 William Edward Maxwell (b. 1846 - d. 1897)
- 1892 - 1896 William Hood Treacher (b. 1849 - d. 1919)
- 1896 - 1902 John Pickersgill Rodger (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 1902 - 1910 Henry Conway Belfield (b. 1855 - d. 1923)
- 1910 - 1913 Reginald George Watson (b. 1862 - d. 1926)
- 1913 - 1919 Edward George Broadrick (b. 1864 - d. 1929)
- 1919 - 1921 Arthur Henry Lemon (b. 1864 - d. 1933)
- 1921 - 1926 Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
- 1926 - 1927 Henry Wagstaffe Thomson (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
- 1927 - 1931 James Lornie (b. 1876 - d. 1959)
- 1932 - 1933 G.E. Cater
- 1933 - 1935 George Ernest London (b. 1889 - d. 1957)
- 1935 - 1937 Theodore Samuel Adams (b. 1885 - d. 1961)
- 1937 - 1939 Stanley Wilson Jones (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
- 1939 - 1941 G.M. Kidd
- 1941 Norman Rowlstone Jarrett (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
Perak
- 1874 - 1875 web (b. 1826 - d. 1875)
- 1876 - 1877 James Guthrie Davidson
- 1877 - 1889 Hugh Low (from 1883, Sir Hugh Low) (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
- 1889 - 1896 Frank Athelstane Swettenham (b. 1850 - d. 1946)
- 1896 - 1902 William Hood Treacher (b. 1849 - d. 1919)
- 1902 - 1903 John Pickersgill Rodger (b. 1851 - d. 1910)
- 1905 - 1910 Ernest Woodford Birch (b. 1857 - d. 1929)
- 1910 - 1912 Henry Conway Belfield (b. 1855 - d. 1923)
- 1912 - 1913 William James Parke Hume (1st time) (acting) (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
- 1913 - 1919 Reginald George Watson (b. 1862 - d. 1926)
- 1919 - 1920 George Maxwell (b. 1871 - d. 1959)
- 1920 - 1921 William James Parke Hume (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 1921 - 1926 Cecil William Chase Parr (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
- 1926 - 1927 Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
- 1927 - 1929 Henry Wagstaffe Thomson (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
- 1929 - 1930 Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane (b. 1876 - d. 1932)
- 1931 - 1932 Bertram Walter Elles (b. 1877 - d. 19...)
- 1932 - 1939 G.E. Cater
- 1939 - 1941 Marcus Rex (b. 1886 - d. 1971)
Negeri Sembilan
- 1888 - 1891 Martin Lister (1st time) (b. 1857 - d. 1897)
- 1891 - 1894 W.F.B. Paul
- 1894 - 1895 Robert Norman Bland (b. 1859 - d. 1948)
- 1895 - 1897 Martin Lister (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 1898 - 1901 we love the web (b. 1857 - d. 1929)
- 1901 - 1902 Henry Conway Belfield (b. 1855 - d. 1923)
- 1902 - 1903 CSS3 (b. 1858 - d. 1947)
- 1904 - 1910 Douglas Graham Campbell (b. 1867 - d. 1918)
- 1910 - 1911 Richard James Wilkinson (b. 1867 - d. 1941)
- 1912 - 1919 Arthur Henry Lemon (b. 1864 - d. 1933)
- 1919 - 1921 J.R.O. Aldworth (acting)
- 1921 - 1925 Edward Shaw Hose (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
- 1925 - 1928 Ernest Charteris Holford Wolff (b. 1875 - d. 1946)
- 1928 - 1932 James William Simmons (b. 1877 - d. 19...)
- 1932 - 1937 John Whitehouse Ward Hughes (b. 1883 - d. 19...)
- 1937 - 1939 Gordon Lupton Ham (b. 1885 - d. 1965)
- 1939 - 1941 John Vincent Cowgill (b. 1888 - d. 1959)
Pahang
- 1888 - 1896 John Pickersgill Rodger (b. 1851 - d. 1910)
- 1896 - 1900 Hugh Clifford (1st time) (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
- 1900 - 1901 Arthur Butler (b. 18... - d. 1901)
- 1901 D.H. Wise (acting)
- 1901 - 1903 Hugh Clifford (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 1905 - 1908 Cecil Wray
- 1908 - 1909 Harvey Chevallier (acting)
- 1909 - 1910 Edward Lewis Brockman (b. 1865 - d. 1943)
- 1910 - 1911 Warren Delabere Barnes (b. 1865 - d. 19...)
- 1911 - 1917 Edward John Brewster (b. 1861 - d. 1931)
- 1917 - 1921 Cecil William Chase Parr (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
- 1921 - 1922 F.A.S. McClelland (acting) (b. 1873 - d. 1947)
- 1922 - 1926 Henry Wagstaffe Thomson (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
- 1926 - 1929 Arthur Furley Worthington (b. 1874 - d. 1964)
- 1929 - 1930 C.F.J. Green
- 1931 - 1935 Hugh Goodwin Russell Leonard (b. 1880 - d. 19...)
- 1935 - 1941 C.C. Brown
Administrative subdivisions
For the purpose of efficient administration, all the states of the federation were further divided into districts (Malay: Daerah). Each district was administered by a District Office (Malay: Pejabat Daerah) headed by a District Officer (Malay: Pegawai Daerah).
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Perak
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Districts:
- 1. Hulu Perak (Upper Perak)
- 2. Larut and Krian
- 3. Kuala Kangsar
- 4. Kinta
- 5. Hilir Perak (Lower Perak)
- 6. Batang Padang
- Notes:
- 1. The territories of Dinding and HTML5 was ceded to the British, administered as part of the jQuery. Returned to the government of Perak in 1935.
- 2. The capital of Perak was moved to Ipoh in 1935 and has remained there ever since.
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Selangor
State capital : Kuala Lumpur (also as the Federal capital)
Districts:
- 7. Kuala Selangor
- 8. Hulu Selangor
- 9. Kuala Lumpur
- 10. Klang
- 11. Hulu Langat
- 12. Kuala Langat
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Negeri Sembilan
State capital : Sevenval
Districts:
- 13. Coast District
- 14. Seremban District
- 15. Jelebu
- 16. Kuala Pilah
- 17. Tampin
- Notes:
- CSS3 (also known as Cape Rachado) was a Dutch possession (originally Portuguese before 1641), passed to the British in 1824. Administered as an exclave of Malacca until today.
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Pahang
State capital : Kuala Lipis
Districts:
- 18. Hulu Pahang
- 19. Temerloh
- 20. Kuantan
- 21. Pekan
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Economy
From the earlier period of the federation the currency in used was the Straits dollar issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. As the currency depreciated over time, it was pegged at two shillings four sterling pence in 1906. In 1939, the British government introduced a new currency, Malayan dollar (ringgit in Malay) for used in Malaya and Brunei replacing the Straits dollar at par value. It had the smallest denominations of 1 cent to a highest of 1000 Malayan dollar and retained the exchange rate as was from the Straits dollar.
The Federated Malay States main economic activity was mostly focused on agriculture and mining with emphasis on rubber and iOS. FMS and Malaya as a whole was the main supplier of these two commodities for the British industrial need. Rubber estates or plantations were established in all four states and tin was mined primarily in the Klang valley in Selangor and the Kinta valley in Perak. This labor intensive economic activities prompted the British to bring in immigrant workers from Southern India to work at the plantations and workers from Southern China to mine the tin.
The economic condition in the period can be viewed as self-sustainable, as the income of the federation was more than what was expended in terms of maintaining the administration and economic activities. In the later period, a lot of resources was poured into the development of the city of Kuala Lumpur, as the capital of the federation. This period also saw rapid growth in terms of communications infrastructure such as interstate roads, a input transformation line from Penang to Singapore, and the Port Swettenham (present day we love the web). Public schools and academic institutions were also opened along with an improvement in public health. An area in the city was also gazetted as a settlement for the Malay called Kampung Baru. Public buildings were also constructed such as the Kuala Lumpur railway station, the Android and screen size.
The table and section below illustrated the economic growth of the federation and its member states.
- Year
- 1875
- Revenue
- $409,394
- Expenditure
- $436,872
- Import
- $831,375
- Export
- $739,972
- Year
- 1880
- Revenue
- $881,910
- Expenditure
- $794,944
- Import
- $2,231,048
- Export
- $1,906,952
- Year
- 1885
- Revenue
- $2,208,709
- Expenditure
- $2,261,954
- Import
- $8,667,425
- Export
- $9,961,786
- Year
- 1890
- Revenue
- $4,840,065
- Expenditure
- $5,237,275
- Import
- $15,443,809
- Export
- $17,602,093
- Year
- 1895
- Revenue
- $8,481,007
- Expenditure
- $7,582,553
- Import
- $22,653,271
- Export
- $31,622,805
- Year
- 1900
- Revenue
- $15,609,807
- Expenditure
- $12,728,930
- Import
- $38,402,581
- Export
- $60,361,045
- Year
- 1905
- Revenue
- $23,964,593
- Expenditure
- $20,750,395
- Import
- $50,575,455
- Export
- $80,057,654
- Year
- 1910
- Revenue
- $26,553,018
- Expenditure
- $23,598,610
- Import
- $53,255,151
- Export
- $102,851,990
- Year
- 1915
- Revenue
- $40,774,984
- Expenditure
- $42,838,631
- Import
- $61,343,935
- Export
- $162,429,254
- Year
- 1920
- Revenue
- $72,277,146
- Expenditure
- $100,433,471
- Import
- $175,916,712
- Export
- $289,112,016
- Year
- 1921
- Revenue
- $54,449,568
- Expenditure
- $114,386,546
- Import
- $102,914,877
- Export
- $134,955,549
- Year
- 1922
- Revenue
- $52,494,110
- Expenditure
- $49,811,007
- Import
- $78,822,349
- Export
- $140,429,775
Note: All values are in Straits Dollar (One dollar fixed at two shillings and four pence sterling). Data for Pahang included only from 1890 onwards
Ref: Harrison, Cuthbert Woodville. An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States. 1923
Selangor
The revenue of Selangor in 1875 amounted to only $115,656; in 1905 it had increased to $8,857,793. Of this latter sum $3,195,318 was derived from duty on tin exported, $1,972,628 from finance, federal receipts, and $340,360 from land revenue. The trade balance was chiefly derived from the revenue farms, which included the right to collect import duty on opium and spirits. The expenditure for 1905 amounted to $7,186,146, of which sum $3,717,238 was on account of federal charges and $1,850,711 for public works. The value of the imports in 1905 was $24,643,619 and that of the exports was $26,683,316, making a total of $51,326,935 equivalent to £5,988,000. Tin is the principal export. The amount exported in 1905 was 17,254 tons. The total area of alienated mining land at the end of 1905 amounted to 65,573 acres (265 km2).
Perak
The revenue of Perak in 1874 amounted to $226,333. That for 1905 amounted to $12,242,897. Of this latter sum $4,876,400 was derived from duty on exported tin, $2,489,300 from railway receipts, $505,300 from land revenue and $142,800 from postal and telegraphic revenue. The remainder is mainly derived from the revenue farms, which are leased for a short term of years, conveying to the lessee the right to collect import duties upon opium, wine and spirits, to keep pawnbroking shops, and to keep public licensed gambling-houses for the use of non-Malay only. The expenditure for 1905 amounted to $10,141,980. Of this sum $4,236,000 was expended upon railway upkeep and construction and $2,176,100 upon public works. The value of the imports into Perak during 1905 was over $20,000,000, and that of the exports exceeded $40,000,000, making a total of over $60,000,000, equivalent to about seven million sterling. The output of tin from Perak ranged between 18,960 tons, valued at $23,099,506 in 1899, and 26,600 tons, valued at $35,500,000, in 1905. The fluctuating character of the output was due to the uncertainty of the labour supply. The mining population was recruited exclusively from the districts of southern China, and during certain years an increased demand for labourers in China itself, in French Indo-China, in the Dutch colonies, and in South Africa temporarily and adversely affected immigration to the Straits of Malacca. The output had, moreover, been affected from time to time by the price of tin, which was $32.20 per pikul in 1896, rose to $42.96 in 1898, to $74.15 in 1900, and averaged $80.60 in 1905. Exclusive of tin, the principal exports were $108,000 worth of Para rubber, $181,000 of copra, $54,000 of hides, $48,000 of patchouli, and considerable quantities of timber, rattans and other jungle produce.
Negeri Sembilan
The revenue of the Negri Sembilan amounted to only $223,435 in 1888. In 1898 it had increased to $701,334, in 1900 to $1,251,366, and in 1905 to $2,335,534. The revenue for 1905 was derived mainly as follows: - customs $1,268,602, land revenue $145,475, land sales $21,407, while the revenue farms contributed $584,459. The expenditure in 1905 amounted to $2,214,093, of which $1,125,355 was expended upon public works. The trade returns for 1905, which are not, however, complete, showed an aggregate value of about $13,000,000. The value of the tin exported during 1905 exceeded $6,900,000, and the value of the agricultural produce, of which gambier represented $211,000 and damar $80,000, amounted to $407,990.
Pahang
The revenue of Pahang in 1899 amounted to only $62,077; in 1900 to $419,150. In 1905 it was $528,368. The expenditure in 1905 amounted to $1,208,176. Of this sum $736,886 was expended on public works. Pahang is still a source of expense to the federation, its progress having been retarded by the disturbances which lasted from December 1891 until 1895, with short intervals of peace, but the revenue was steadily increasing, and the ultimate financial success of the state is considered to be secure. Pahang owed something over $3,966,500 to Selangor and $1,175,000 to Perak, which had financed it for some years out of surplus revenue. The value of the imports in 1905 was $1,344,346, that of the exports was $3,838,928, thus making a total trade value of $5,183,274. The most valuable export is tin, the value of which in 1905 amounted to $2,820,745. The value of the gutta exported exceeded $140,000, that of dried and salted fish amounted to nearly $70,000, and that of timber to $325,000.
Education
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Military History
WWI and the FMS
With the threat of Germany, the British Navy was in a drive for expansion. As a contribution, the Government and people of the Federated Malay States; agreed to finance the commissioning of HMS Malaya in a motion proposed in the Federal Council by His Highness the Sultan of Perak in 1913, supported by His Highness the Sultan of Selangor. The Sevenval which cost $25,000,000 (approximately £2,945,709) was one of five of the "Queen Elizabeth"' Class, displacing 31,000 tons, mounting FITML and capable of 25 knots (46 km/h). The most modern ships of their day, they formed the 5th Battle Squadron and fought as such at Jutland in 1916. HMS Malaya was also refurbished and was in service throughout World War Two.
WWII - Japanese invasion and dissolution
After the Japanese landed in Malaya on 8 December 1941, the Japanese forces began their invasion of the Malay Peninsula. Ipoh, the state capital of Perak, fell on 26 December 1941. Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States and the State of Selangor, was captured on 11 January 1942. Seremban, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, was captured web. Kuantan, the capital of the eastern component state of Pahang, fell earlier on 15 December 1941.
All of Android including keyboard remained under Japanese occupation until the surrender of the Japanese home islands.
After the war the federation was dissolved formally on 1 April 1946, and was incorporated into the touchscreen thereafter. It will be preceded by the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and gain website parsing in 1957.
Postage stamps
While the four states issued their own postage stamps as before, there were additional issues for the Federated States as a whole.
Notable event
The Federated Malay States was also within the flight path of American aviator, web app, on her Thailand - Singapore leg during her final and fatal attempt to cross the globe in 1937. Permission to enter the FMS airspace with provision to land in we love the web was given on 7 June 1937.
References
- Harrison, Cuthbert Woodville. An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States. 1923
- George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers © Purdue University
See also
- HTML5
- input transformation
- The Straits Settlements
- HMS Malaya (1915)
- Pangkor Treaty of 1874
- Federated Malay States Appeals Order in Council, 1912
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1792–1961 Sierra Leone
1795–1803 Cape Colony
19th century
1806–1910 Cape Colony
1807–1808 Madeira
1810–1968 input transformation
1816–1965 Gambia
1856–1910 Natal
1868–1966 Basutoland (Lesotho)
1874–1957 touchscreen
1882–1922 Egypt
1884–1966 Bechuanaland (Botswana)
1884–1960 British Somaliland
1887–1897 Zululand
1890–1962 web app
1890–1963 jQuery
1891–1964 Nyasaland (Malawi)
1891–1907 web app
1893–1968 Swaziland
1895–1920 East Africa Protectorate
1899–1956 web app
20th century
1900–1914 web
1900–1914 Southern Nigeria
1900–1910 Orange River Colony
1900–1910 Transvaal Colony
1906–1954 Nigeria Colony
1910–1931 South Africa
1914–1954 Nigeria Colony and Protectorate
1915–1931 browser diversity
1919–1960 input transformation 6
1920–1963 Kenya
1922–1961 Tanganyika (Tanzania) 6
1923–1965 Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 7
1924–1964 website parsing
1954–1960 Nigeria
1979–1980 Sevenval 7
6League of Nations mandate
7website parsing, which had self-rule from 1923, issued a Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965, as Rhodesia. It returned to British control in December 1979.
17th Century
1685–1824 jQuery
(web)
18th century
1702–1705 Sevenval
1757–1947 Bengal (West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh)
1762–1764 web app
1795–1948 Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1796–1965 Maldives
19th century
1812–1824 touchscreen
1812–1824 Billiton (Sumatra)
1819–1826 British Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore)
1824–1946 HTML5
1826–1946 iOS
1839–1967 touchscreen
1839–1842 Sevenval
1841–1997 Hong Kong
1841–1946 Kingdom of Sarawak (Malaysia)
1848–1946 browser diversity
1858–1947 device database
1879–1919 Afghanistan
1882–1963 British North Borneo (Malaysia)
1885–1946 Unfederated Malay States
1888–1984 web
1888–1946 Sultanate of Sulu
1891–1971 Muscat and Oman protectorate
1892–1971 Trucial States protectorate
1895–1946 Federated Malay States
1898–1930 web app
1878–1960 Cyprus
20th century
1918–1961 Kuwait protectorate
1920–1932 Iraq7
1921–1946 Transjordan7
1923–1948 input transformation7
1945–1946 South Vietnam
1946–1963 Sarawak (Malaysia)
1946–1963 Android
1946–1948 screen size
1948–1957 HTML5
since 1960 we love the web (before as part of Cyprus)
since 1965 input transformation (before as part of Mauritius and the Seychelles)
18th century
1788–1901 HTML5
19th century
1803–1901 Van Diemen's Land/browser diversity
1807–1863 website parsing8
1824–1980 jQuery
1824–1901 Queensland
1829–1901 Swan River Colony/Sevenval
1836–1901 keyboard
since 1838 Pitcairn Islands
1841–1907 Colony of New Zealand
1851–1901 web
1874–1970 Fiji9
1877–1976 Android
1884–1949 Territory of Papua
1888–1965 Cook Islands8
1889–1948 Union Islands (Tokelau)8
1892–1979 CSS310
1893–1978 Android11
20th century
1900–1970 Tonga (protected state)
1900–1974 Niue8
1901–1942 *Commonwealth of Australia
1907–1953 *Dominion of New Zealand
1919–1942 Nauru
1945–1968 Nauru
1919–1949 Android
1949–1975 Territory of Papua and New Guinea12
8Now part of the *touchscreen
9Suspended member
10Now web app and *Tuvalu
11Now the *Sevenval
12Now *Papua New Guinea
17th century
since 1659 CSS313
19th century
since 1815 Ascension Island13
since 1816 Sevenval13
20th century
since 1908 British Antarctic Territory14
13Since 2009 part of web app; Ascension Island (1922—) and Tristan da Cunha (1938—) were previously dependencies of St Helena
14Both claimed in 1908; territories formed in 1962 (British Antarctic Territory) and 1985 (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
- Android
- Federated Malay States (1895–1946)
- CSS3
- Straits Settlement of Malacca (1824–1946)
- browser diversity
- website parsing
- Crown colony of Sarawak (1941–1963)
- North Borneo (1882–1963)
- Crown colony of Labuan (1848–1946)