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The 'Federation of Malaya' (), was a federation of 11 states formed on January 31 1948 from the nine Malay states and the British settlements of Penang and Malacca.
From 1946 to 1948, the 11 states formed a single crown colony known as the Malayan Union. Due to opposition from Malay nationalists, the Union was disbanded and replaced by the Federation of Malaya, which restored the symbolic positions of the rulers of the Malay states.
Within the Federation, while the Malay states were protectorates of the United Kingdom, Penang and Malacca remained British colonial territories. Like the Malayan Union before it, the Federation did not include Singapore, which before this time had usually been considered to be part of Malaya.
The Federation achieved independence within the Commonwealth of Nations on August 31, 1957. In 1963, the federation together with Singapore, Sarawak and British North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah) formed a new federation called Malaysia. Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent republic on August 9, 1965.
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Federation of Malaya Population

Year	Malay	Chinese	Indian	Other
1948	2,457,014	1,928,965	536,646	64,802
1951	2,631,154	2,043,971	566,371	75,726
Source: ''Annual Report on the Federation of Malaya: 1951'' in C.C. Chin and Karl Hack, ''Dialogues with Chin Peng'' pp. 380, 81.

Contents

List of members of the federation

Gallery

See also

List of members of the federation

★ Perlis

★ Kedah

★ Penang

★ Perak

★ Selangor

★ Negeri Sembilan

★ Malacca

★ Johore

★ Pahang

★ Trengganu

★ Kelantan

Gallery

See also

★ Federal Legislative Council

★ Peninsular Malaysia