Crown Colony of Penang Pulau Pinang (Malay) | |||||||||||||
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| 1946–1957 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the King (1946–1952) God Save the Queen (1952–1957) | |||||||||||||
 Location of Penang | |||||||||||||
| Status | Crown colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | George Town | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | |||||||||||||
| Government | Colonial Office | ||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1946–1952 | George VI | ||||||||||||
• 1952–1957 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||
| Resident-Councillor | |||||||||||||
• 1946–1948 | Sydney Noel King | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Post-war · Cold War | ||||||||||||
• Dissolution of the Straits Settlements | 1 April 1946 | ||||||||||||
• Independence from the United Kingdom | 31 August 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Malayan dollar | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Malaysia | ||||||||||||
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The Crown Colony of Penang was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946.[1] Together with Singapore, it became a Crown colony under the direct control of the British Colonial Office in London until it was incorporated into the Malayan Union.[2]
- ^ 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–.
- ^ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 1049. ISBN 1576077705.