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Part of the “History of National Flags” Series from Flagmakers Flag of Malaysia - A Brief History Where In The World Trivia The crescent of the flag represents the country’s official religion of Islam. Technical Specification Adopted: 16 th September 1963 Proportion: 1:2 Design: Fourteen alternating red and white horizontal stripes with a blue rectangle and yellow crescent and 14 point star in the top left corner. Colours: PMS Red: 179 Blue: 282 Yellow: 109 Brief History In 1511 the first de facto flag of Portuguese Malacca was the flag of Portugal. A plain white field with coat of arms of the King in the centre. The Dutch gained control of Malaysia in 1641 and the red-white-blue horizontal tricolour with the coat of arms of the Dutch East India Company at the centre was adopted. The Flag of Portuguese Malacca (1511 – 1641) The Flag of the Dutch East India Company in Malacca (1641 – 1795) In 1826 the British took control of the south of Malaysia as the Straits Settlements. The flag adopted was both the flag of the East India Company, a 13 red-white alternating horizontal striped flag with Union Flag in the top left corner, and the Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Part of the “History of National Flags” Series from Flagmakers

Flag of Malaysia - A Brief History

Where In The World

Trivia

The crescent of the flag represents the country’s official religion of Islam.

Technical Specification

Adopted: 16th September 1963

Proportion: 1:2

Design: Fourteen alternating red and white horizontal stripes with a blue rectangle and yellow crescent and 14 point star in the top left corner.

Colours: PMS Red: 179 Blue: 282 Yellow: 109

Brief History

In 1511 the first de facto flag of Portuguese Malacca was the flag of Portugal. A plain white field with coat of arms of the King in the centre. The Dutch gained control of Malaysia in 1641 and the red-white-blue horizontal tricolour with the coat of arms of the Dutch East India Company at the centre was adopted.

The Flag of Portuguese Malacca

(1511 – 1641) The Flag of the Dutch East India Company in Malacca

(1641 – 1795)

In 1826 the British took control of the south of Malaysia as the Straits Settlements. The flag adopted was both the flag of the East India Company, a 13 red-white alternating horizontal striped flag with Union Flag in the top left corner, and the Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

(1801 – 1818)

The Flag of the East India Company (1826 – 1895)

The Northern Part of Malaysia was still under the control of the Kingdom of Netherlands and a red-white-blue horizontal flag was flown. In 1896 the British established the Federated Malay States for the states of Selangor, Perak Negeri, Semvilan and Pahang. A four band white-red-yellow-black horizontal flag with white oval and tiger was adopted as the flag.

The Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

(1818 – 1825) The Flag of the Federated Malay States

(1896 – 1946) The Flag of the Malayan Union

(1946 – 1948) The Flag of the Federation of Malaya

(1948 – 1950)

Between 1942 and 1945 the Japanese invaded Malaysia and claimed control. The Japanese national flag was flown featuring a white field with red sun. The Flag of the Federated Malay States would also serve as the flag of the Malayan Union in 1946 in an attempt to unify the Malay Peninsula after the surrender of Japan. From 1948 to -1950 the flag was also that of the Federation of Malaya. In 1950 a Fourteen alternating red and white horizontal striped flag with a blue rectangle and yellow crescent and 12-point star in the top left corner was adopted. The star was altered to feature to fourteen points in 1963. Each point of the star represents the member states and government of Malaysia. The yellow represents the Malay Rulers, the blue the unity of the people.

The Flag of the Empire of Japan (1942 – 1945)

The Flag of Malaysia (1950 – 1963)

The Flag of Malaysia (1963 to Present Day)s

The Coat of Arms of Malaysia

The Coat of Arms of Malaysia was adopted in 1963.

The shield is split into 10 parts depicting each of the flags of the states of Malaysia. Surrounding the shield are two tigers, a crescent moon and 14 pointed star above and a banner stating “UNITY IN STRENGTH”.

The Flags of the State of Malaysia

Each State of Malaysia has a specific flag. Examples are below.

The Flag of the State of Perlis The Flag of the State of Kedah The Flag of the State of Penang

The Flag of the State of Perak The Flag of the State of Kelantan The Flag of the State of Terengganu

The Flag of the State of Pahang The Flag of the State of Selangor The Flag of the State of Negeri

Sembilan

The Flag of the State of Malacca The Flag of the State of Johorq The Flag of the State of Sarawak

The Flag of the State of Sabah

The Proposed Flags of Malaysia

When the area became the Federation of Malaya in 1950 there were three flags proposed. The first two were blue fields with 11 stars around a red crossed keris. The third flag was an 11 alternative red-white stripe flag with blue rectangle and yellow crescent moon and five pointed star.

The First Proposed Flag of Malaya The Second Proposed Flag of

Malaya The Third Proposed Flag of Malaya

The Historical Flags of Sultanates of Malaysia

There were various Sultanates which ruled parts of Malaysia with an original flag. Examples of the those flags are below.

The flag of the Sultanate of Brunei

(15th Century – 1888) The Flag of the Sultanate of Sulu

(16th – 18th Century) The Flag of the Sultanate of

Sulu (16th – 18th Century)

The Flag of the Sultanate of Aceh

(17th Century) The Flag of the Sultanate of Kedah

(18th Century – 1912) The Flag of the Sultanate of

Bulungan (1731 – 1881)

The Flag of the Sultanate of Pahang

(1853 – 1887) The Second Flag of the Sultanate of

Pahang (1887 – 1903)

The Flag of the Sultante of Johor (1855)

The Flag of the Sultanate of Kelantan

(18th century – 1912) The Flag of the Sultanate of

Perak (18th Century – 1879)

The First Flag of the Sultanate of Johor

(1855 – 1865) The Second Flag of the Sultanate of

Johor (1865 – 1971)

The Flag of the Sultanate of Selangor

(1859 – 1965)

The Flag of the Sultanate of Kelantan (1912 – 1923)

The First Flag of the Sultanate of Terengganu

(1912 – 1933)

The Second Flag of the Sultanate of Terengganu

(1933 – 1947)

The Historical Flags of the British in Malaysia

A lot of states of Malaysia were Colonised by the British. The flags adopted for those states were British Blue Ensigns with the national flag in the top left and badge of the colony in the centre right.

The Flag of North Borneo The Flag of the Crown Colony of North Borneo

The Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawalk

The Flag of the Crown Colony of

Labauan The Flag of the Straits Settlements The Flag of the Crown Colony of

Penang

The Flag of the Crown Colony of Malacca The Flag of the Crown Colony of Singapore