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Sarawak Day

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292: 105: 1497: 173:-centric. The day was officially named Sarawak Independence Day and declared as a public holiday for the first time in 2016. Although there have been persistent attempts to falsify the historical record for political purposes, it is incontrovertible that Sarawak as a British crown colony achieved independence on 16 September 1963 as a member state of the Malaysian Federation under the Malaysia legislation passed by the sovereign United Kingdom and Malayan Parliaments in July 1963. 291: 1206: 1122: 257:, then handed the administration of Sarawak to the Sarawakian citizens, with the colonial Union Jack flag lowered for the last time, and the Sarawak flag raised. Some historians dispute the significance of that event and whether it was tantamount to a granting of full independence. However, on the same day, the outgoing Governor did indeed proclaim the appointment of 158:
instead, due to lack of awareness of its legality (“Sarawak Independence Day” is in fact the official government gazetted name), while some still argue about its historical accuracy, citing British legislation did not provide for an official, full independence. Nonetheless, there was indeed a degree of
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The hoisting of the Raj of Sarawak flag on the civilian compound of the Kuching POW and internment camp on 12 September 1945 by Mr. D. R. Lascelles, the former District Officer for Miri and Mr J. B. Archer, the Chief of Section of Sarawak Civil Service, ex-internees of the Japanese shortly after the
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Michael Leigh, an academic researching on the history of Sarawak, mentioned that Sarawak was "self-governed", but not "independent" on that day because although the British Governor was obliged to accept the advice from the newly formed Sarawak Cabinet, the Governor retained its full authority until
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The official Sarawak Independence Day public holiday was gazetted by the government of Sarawak in 2016 to raise awareness about Sarawak's past and contributions of its past leaders. Despite this official name, there are those who still avoided using this title, calling it the informal “Sarawak Day”
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Despite commonly phrased, the notion that Sarawak "joined Malaysia" on 16 Sept 1963 is factually incorrect, as the Federation of Malaysia was not an existing entity until its four founding nations (North Borneo, Singapore, Sarawak and the Federation of Malaya) brought it into
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in 1841, Sarawak was subsequently recognised as a sovereign nation by the United States (1850) and Great Britain (1864), and it voluntarily became a British protectorate (military protection) in 1888. After the end of
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The idea of a Sarawakian holiday was mooted by the Sarawak state government and citizens since 2012, after public discontent about the public holiday
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independence in the form of self-government ahead of it taking part in the founding of a new federation in the form of Malaysia with other partners.
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officially gazetted 22 July as a Sarawak public holiday and that it henceforth be known as "Sarawak Independence Day".
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by Sarawakian citizens who wanted the independence of Sarawak to be restored. This led to the assassination of
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as well as the appointment of new Supreme Council members who formed the government's first ministerial
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List of the governors of the Crown Colony of Sarawak and the Yang di-Pertua Negeri
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British Documents on the End of Empire, Series B Volume 8: Malaysia
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Malaysia Act 1963 (c.35); Federation of Malaysia Act 1963 (no.26)
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Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013
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Declarations of independence by Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore
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after achieving de facto self-government on 22 July 1963.
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In 2016, the Sarawak Government under Chief Minister
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Sarawak
self-government
Britain
22 July

Raj of Sarawak
flag of Sarawak
Malay
Malay
Sarawak
self-government
Hari Merdeka
Malaya
Sultanate of Brunei
Raj of Sarawak
Brooke Dynasty
World War II
British Military Administration
Crown Colony
Charles Vyner Brooke
major protests
Duncan Stewart
Rosli Dhobi
Anthony Abell
Cobbold Commission
North Borneo
self-rule on 22 July 1963
Alexander Waddell
Astana
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