Straits Settlement of Malacca

Infobox Former Country
native_name =Melaka
conventional_long_name = Straits Settlement of Malacca
common_name = Malacca
continent = Asia
region = Southeast Asia
country = Malaysia
empire = United Kingdom
status = Colony
era = Imperialism
year_start = 1824
year_end = 1946
date_start = 17 March
date_end = 1 April
event_start = Anglo-Dutch Treaty
event_end = Malayan Union
event1 = Japanese occupation
date_event1 = 1942-1945
event2 = British control restored
date_event2 = 1945
event_post = Federation of Malaya
date_post = 31 January, 1948
p1 = Dutch Malacca
flag_p1 = Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg
s1 = Malacca
flag_s1 = Flag of Malacca.svg

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image_map_caption = British Malacca
capital = Malacca Town
latd=2|latm=11|lats=20|latNS=N|longd=102|longm=23|longs=4|longEW=E
common_languages = Malay, English
government_type =
title_leader = Monarchs
leader1 = George IV
year_leader1 = 1825-1830
leader2 = Victoria
year_leader2 = 1837-1901
leader3 = George VI
year_leader3 = 1936-1946
title_representative = Residents-Councillor
representative1 = Walter Sewell Cracroft
year_representative1 = 1825
representative2 = Maurice John Hayward (acting)
year_representative2 = 1956-1957
title_deputy = Japanese Governors
deputy1 = Ken Tsurumi
year_deputy1 = 1942-1944
deputy2 = Takeo Kinukawa
year_deputy2 = 1944-1945
stat_year1 =
stat_pop1 =
currency = Straits Dollar
Malayan Dollar
footnotes =

The Straits Settlement of Malacca was a colony within the British Empire from 1825 to 1946 when it joined the Malayan Union. The colony was established by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, and during World War II it was under Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945. In the year 1955, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra al-Haj held a meeting with the British to get independence; the British agreed. On 31 August1957, Malacca (soon to be renamed Melaka) gained its independence as part of the Federation of Malaya.