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The signing of the Cobbold Report of the Commission of Enquiry, North Borneo and Sarawak, at Knebworth House, London on 21 June 1962. The Commission consists of five members, and is chaired by Lord Cobbold, a former governor of the Bank of England. Its other members are Dato' Wong Pow Nee and Encik Mohd Ghazali bin Shafie, representing the government of Malaya, Sir Anthony Abell, and Sir David Watherston, the representative of the British government. Mr. H. Harris acted as the Secretary. Members of the Cobbold Commission were formed to conduct a study in the British Borneo territories of Sarawak and Sabah to see whether the two were interested in the idea to form the Federation of Malaysia with Malaya and Singapore.

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Captain Francis Light
was the founder of the British colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786.

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this picture is taken on 1957 independence day.Tunku Abdul Rahman declare every 31st August is Merdeka Day.

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Meeting of British colonial administrators, sultans and UMNO representatives, 1947

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Vyner Brooke resumes civil administration of Sarawak in 1946

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Reid Commission drafting the Constitution of Federation Of Malaya prior to Malayan Independence

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The British Colony brought in Chinese. Chinese school were establised and financed by this community until the 1920

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British soldiers in naval uniforms attack Malay villagers. Indigenous peoples were often considered inferior by colonizers, in part because of their different dress practices, causing dress to become a status-defining mechanism.

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Meeting of British colonial administrators, sultans and UMNO representatives, 1947

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By July 1946, the British responded to Malay concerns about the Malayan Union by creating a 12-man “Political Working Committee” comprising six government representatives, four royal delegates, and 2 UMNO representatives to consider and recommend a new constitutional framework for the Malayan Union.

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British colonial official in Malaya.

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Japan's Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the surrender document in 1945

Days of terror reigned for the rest of the three years and eight months until 1945 where atomic bombs Little Man and Fat Boy brought the Japanese imperial army to their knees, which also drew an end to their occupation of Malaya.

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PROTEST DEMONSTRATION BY MALAYS

A big demonstration against the Malayan Union staged by 36,000 Kelantan Malays was reported by MAJLIS 9.2.1946. The Malays chose to call the White Paper as an “atomic bomb thrown by the British in Malaya”. SERUAN RA’AYAT 9.2.1946 gave the number of men who took part in the procession as 65,000. The demonstrators carried banners with inscriptions in English and Malay saying “British Government Betrays Trust”, “Can we trust British Government Again?”, “Allow Malays to exist in this world”, “Give us our rights”, “We want justice”, “We want peace but not at the expense of our rights”, etc.

The paper published the “declaration of oath” adopted by the Kelantan Malay officers who unanimously decided to tender their resignations, if their protest met with failure, and to employ most of their energy and ability in defense of their national status and their motherland.

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Protest against the Malayan Union by the Malays.

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The Pangkor Treaty was signed with the Sultan of Perak in order to legitimize British control over the Malay Sultans.

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militant revolution and more widespread local resistance ensued, not only against colonial domination itself, but also, and more importantly, between the local ruling class that espoused a society based on the perpetuation of dominant vested interests, and a subject class seeking free association within democratic institutions. T

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militant revolution and more widespread local resistance ensued, not only against colonial domination itself, but also, and more importantly, between the local ruling class that espoused a society based on the perpetuation of dominant vested interests, and a subject class seeking free association within democratic institutions. T

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Tunku Abdul Rahman went to London to negotiate for Malayan Independence. He kept his promise and Tunku Abdul Rahman eventually became the first independent Malaya's first prime minister.

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The High Commissioner to Malaya, Sir Donald MacGillivray (left) and the Malayan Paramount ruler-elect, the Sultan of Negeri Sembilan, smiling happily after the signing of an agreement by which Britain withdraws their protection of the Malay states after 83 years. Sir Donald will be leaving when Malaya becomes independent at the end of the month.

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British had no choice but to surrender to the Japanese after failing to defend Malaya in Singapore on February 1942.

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this picture was taken when the federation of Malaya gained complete independence from Britain in 1957 & later became a part of the nation of Malaysia. Malayan delegates met with British officials in London in 1956 to discuss their country's future relationship of Britain.