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Malaysia Travel Guide -
A Brief History of Malaysia
A Brief History of Malaysia
Chronology of Malaysia
Independence
1400s
Founding of
Malacca by Parameswara.
1409
Chinese Admiral
Cheng Ho arrives in Malacca.
1511
Malacca falls to
the Portuguese.
1641
The Dutch take
Malacca from the Portuguese
1786
The British
occupy Penang.
1819
British occupy
Singapore.
1824
Anglo-Dutch
Treaty carves up Malay world into colonial spheres:
Dutch cede Malacca to British and keeps Riau.
1826
Singapore,
Malacca Penang and Province Wellesley become Straits
Settlements under British control.
1840s
The importance
of tin increases, bringing an influx of Chinese tin
miners to the western coast.
1841
James Brooke
established as Rajah of Sarawak.
1914-18
World War I.
1941-45
Japanese
conquest and occupation.
1945
British reoccupy
Malaya.
1946
Malayan Union
scheme introduced but is opposed, formation of United
Malay National Organisation (Umno); Sarawak and British
North Borneo become Crown colonies.
1948
Malayan Union
scheme abandoned; Federation of Malaya inaugurated.
1948-60
Communist
uprising - The Emergency.
1952
Municipal
elections in Kuala Lumpur; Umno and Malayan Chinese
Association (MCA) parties cooperate.
1953
Alliance
coalition comprising Umno, MCA and Malayan Indian
Congress (MIC) formed.
1955
First general
elections in the peninsula; landslide win for the
Alliance.
1956
Tunku Abdul
Rahman leads Merdeka Mission to London to negotiate for
independence.
1957
Malaya becomes
independent, and the Union Jack is lowered for the last
time. The Tunku, named the Father of Independence,
becomes the first prime minister of the Federation of
Malaya.
1960
The state of
emergency ends.
1961
The Tunku
proposes a political association called Malaysia that
would include Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak
and Brunei.
1963
Creation of
Malaysia without Brunei.
1965
Singapore leaves
Malaysia and becomes an independent nation.
1970
Tun Abdul Razak
takes office as the second Prime Minister of Malaysia,
succeeding Abdul Rahman.
1976
Tun Hussein Onn
appointed as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia on Jan
15, a day after the passing of Abdul Razak.
1981
Tun Hussein Onn
stepped down and appointed Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir
Mohamad to take over as Fourth Prime Minister
2003
Malaysia's
longest-serving Prime Minister Dr Mahathir retires. He
is succeeded by his deputy Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi.
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