Independence & Merdeka · event 3 of 10

1946

UMNO. The British propose a Malayan Union stripping the sultans of authority and granting broad citizenship. Malay opposition is immediate and organised, and the United Malays National Organisation is founded. It governs the country continuously from 1957 to 2018.

The Independence & Merdeka era

  1. 1942
  2. 1945
  3. 1946
  4. 1948
  5. 1957
  6. 1960
  7. 1963
  8. 1965
  9. 1969
  10. 1971

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