Malayan Union
Malayan Union Kesatuan Malaya (Malay) | |||||||||
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| 1946–1948 | |||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Kuala Lumpur 3°8′N 101°41′E / 3.133°N 101.683°E | ||||||||
| Common languages | Malay (official) English | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (official) Buddhism Roman Catholicism Hinduism Protestantism Malaysian folk religion Animistic religion | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1946–1948 | George VI | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1946–1948 | Edward Gent | ||||||||
| Historical era | Decolonisation | ||||||||
• Established | 1 April 1946 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 January 1948 | ||||||||
| Currency | Malayan dollar | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Malaysia | ||||||||
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The Malayan Union (Malay: Kesatuan Malaya; Jawi: كساتوان مالايا) was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administration. Following opposition by the ethnic Malays, the union was reorganised as the Federation of Malaya in 1948.