Crown Colony of Penang

Penang
Pulau Pinang (Malay)
1946–1957
Location of Penang
Status British Crown Colony
State of the Federation of Malaya
Capital George Town, Penang
Common languages English, Malay, Chinese and Indian languages
Government British Crown colony
Monarchs  
• 1946–1952
George VI
• 1952–1957
Elizabeth II
Residents-Councillor  
• 1946–1948
Sydney Noel King
Historical era Post-war · Cold War
• Dissolution of the Straits Settlements
1 April 1946
• Independence as part of the Federation of Malaya
31 August 1957
Currency Malayan dollar
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Straits Settlements
Federation of Malaya
Today part of  Malaysia

Penang was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after been ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements until 1946.[1]

During World War II, it was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. After the post-war dissolution of the Straits Settlements Penang and Malacca become crown colonies in the Federation of Malaya, while Singapore became a standalone crown colony, separate from Malaya.[2] In 1955, Tunku Abdul Rahman held a meeting with the British to discuss the end of British rule in Penang with a merger with Malayan Union (which was then replaced by Federation of Malaya). On 31 August 1957, when Malaya achieved its independence from the United Kingdom, Penang was integrated as part of the federation, which later known as Malaysia when it merged with another territories in British Borneo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ A. GUTHRIE (of the Straits Settlements, and OTHERS.) (1861). The British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca. [An Address to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Signed by A. Guthrie and Others, and Dated April 20th, 1861, in Reference to the Transfer of the Administration of the British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca to the Colonial Office.]. pp. 1–.
  2. ↑ "The Straits Settlements is Dissolved". National Library Board, Singapore. 1 April 1946. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Cheah Boon Kheng (June 2009). "The Communist Insurgency in Malaysia, 1948–90: Contesting the Nation-State and Social Change" (PDF). National University of Singapore. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. p. 133/2. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


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