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East India Company
British trading company (1600–1874)
Federation of Malaya
country that existed during British rule of Malaya and after independence, from 1948-1963
British Malaya
set of states on Peninsular Malaysia and island of Singapore under British dominance from 18th to 20th centuries
Straits Settlements
former group of British territories located in the Far East, with its capital in Singapore
Malayan campaign
1941–1942 World War II military campaign
Malayan Union
federation of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca
Federated Malay States
country & part of British Malaya
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
naval engagement in World War II, part of the war in the Pacific
Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
1824 treaty
Malayische Kommunistische Partei
far-left political party within Malaya and guerilla-based militarist force
Hari Merdeka
National holiday in Malaysia, observed annually on 31 August
Unfederated Malay States
collective name given to five British protected states in the Malay peninsula in the first half of the twentieth century
Straits dollar
currency
Battle of Penang
1914 naval battle of the First World War
Kedah Sultanate
sultanate in the Malay Peninsula
Japanese occupation of Malaya
empire of Japan military rule in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
former currency that existed for use in Malaya and in North Borneo
British Borneo
1840s–1984 British territories in northern Borneo
Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909
international treaty
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
resistance movement during Japanese-occupied Malaya (WW2)
Battle of Kota Bharu
WWII battle on 8 December, 1941
Malayan dollar
currency of British Malaya and Brunei
Burney Treaty
treaty
Pangkor Treaty of 1874
1874 treaty between Great Britain and Perak
Sirat Malai
Thai occupied area of Malaysia during World War II
British Military Administration
postwar administration of Malaya before its independence
Singapore in the Straits Settlements
period of Singapore History
Straits Settlement of Malacca
former British Crown colony
Force 136
military unit
Malaya Command
military unit
Royal Malay Regiment
infantry regiment of the Malaysian Army
Crown Colony of Penang
a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957
Penang dollar
formerly used currency
Reid Commission
Malaysian constitution drafting body
Bukit Kepong Incident
armed encounter in Malaysia in 1950