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$Title{Table A.: Historical Political Evolution}
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Date Event
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1786 ...... British acquire island of Penang from sultan of Kedah
1800 ...... Kedah cedes coastal region of Perai (Province Wellesley) to British
1819 ...... Singapore established by Thomas Stamford Raffles
1824 ...... Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 defines British and Dutch spheres
of influence; Malacca ceded to British
1826 ...... Straits Settlements established under British East India Company
government in India; consists of Singapore (made the capital in
1832), Malacca, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Dindings
1841 ...... James Brooke made raja of Sarawak by sultan of Brunei
1844 ...... Labuan Island off coast of Brunei made part of Straits Settlements
1867 ...... Straits Settlements made crown colony, separate from British India
1874 ...... Treaty of Pangkor establishes British resident in Perak; residents
also in Sungai Ujung (in Negeri Sembilan) and Selangor
1881 ...... British North Borneo Company chartered
1888 ...... British resident established in Pahang
1895 ...... Nine states of Negeri Sembilan confederation constituted as single
unit under a resident
1896 ...... Federated Malay States, with capital at Kuala Lumpur, organized,
consisting of Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, and Pahang
1909 ...... British treaty with Siam brings states of Terengganu, Kedah, Perlis,
and Kelantan into British sphere of influence as Unfederated
Malay States
1914 ...... Unfederated Malay State of Johore receives British adviser having
extensive powers
1946 ...... Malayan Union proposal; Sarawak and North Borneo (called Sabah
as of 1963) made crown colonies
1948 ...... Federation of Malaya established; Singapore a separate crown colony
1957 ...... Federation of Malaya becomes independent state with own constitution
1963 ...... Federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah, and Singapore)
established; constitution of Federation of Malaya amended to
accomplish merger
1965 ...... Singapore becomes separate state
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Source: Based on information from Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya, A
History of Malaysia, New York, 1982; John M. Gullick, Malaysia: Economic
Expansion and National Unity, Boulder, 1981; and D.G.E. Hall, A History of
South-East Asia, London, 1964.