Malaya

Malaya or Malayan may refer to:

==Political entities== On Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore Federation of Malaya (1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union, which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957 The States of Malaya (1963–present)