Malayan Union
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Key facts
- Status
- British colony
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur , 3°8′N 101°41′E / 3.133°N 101.683°E / 3.133; 101.683
- Common languages
- Malay (official), English
- Religion
- Sunni Islam (official), Buddhism , Roman Catholicism , Hinduism , Protestantism , Malaysian folk religion , Animistic religion
- 1946 1948
- George VI
- Historical era
- Decolonisation
- Established
- 1 April 1946
- Disestablished
- 31 January 1948
- Currency
- Malayan dollar
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- inception
- 1946-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1948-01-01
- native label
- Malayan Union
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