List of Malaysian flags
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This is a list of flags used in Malaysia.
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[edit] National flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1963 - present | Flag of Malaysia | 14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star; the crescent and the star are traditional symbols of Islam; the design was based on the flag of the US |
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Civil Ensign of Malaysia |
[edit] Monarch
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong |
[edit] Military
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Malaysian Army | ||
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Naval ensign of the Royal Malaysian Navy | ||
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Flag of the Royal Malaysian Air Force |
[edit] Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1641 - 1795 | Flag of the VOC in Dutch Malacca | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white and blue (bottom), in the center there is a small logo of the VOC. |
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1795 - 1818 | Flag of the United Kingdom | Used by British Forces during the intermittent British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars. |
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1818 - 1825 | Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | After the occupation and restoration of Ducth rule in Malacca the VOC had since gone bankrupt and all assets had transferred to the Batavian Republic which in turn turned into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Resulting in the use of the plain Dutch flag in Dutch Malacca. |
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1896 - 1949 | Flag of the Federated Malay States | Four equal horizontal bands of white (top), red, yellow, and black, there is a small ellipse disc in center the red and yellow band, bearing a tiger running in white path. |
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1826 - 1946 | Flag of the Straits Settlements | A Red Diamond divided into 3 parts to represent the three Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore. |
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1949 - 1963 | Flag of the Federation of Malaya | The Flag consists of a Yellow Crescent with a 11 point star in a dark blue background, and 11 alternating Red and White Stripes. |
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1870 - 1946 & 1963 - 1973; 1946 - 1963; 1973 - 1988 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak and later Flag of the state of Sarawak; Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak; Flag of the state of Sarawak |
A Red and Black cross in the style of St. George's Cross. The Black symbolises the ruling class, and the Red the people. The Crown in the centre is the symbolises the Rajah. This flag was reintroduced upon independence. The Colony flag, follows the standard British Colony Template, with the former Kingdom Badge. The 'Trisakti' Flag introduced to replace the colonial ear flag. |
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1882 - 1963; 1963 - 1981; 1982 - 1988 |
Flag of British North Borneo; Flag of the state of Sabah |
The flag of the British Colony of North Borneo which in 1963 Joined the Federation of Malaysia under the name of Sabah. The colony flag follows the standard template used by British Colonies, namely a dark blue solid with the Union Jack in the top left, and the colony's symbol in the bottom right. Upon Independence the flag was changed to a 6 striped standard with a brown Mount Kinabalu against a green background, and later changed again to the 'Trisakti', similar to that of Sarawak. |
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1963 - 1965 | Flag of the state of Singapore (Negeri Singapura) | When Singapore exited the federation, the was maintained as the National flag of the Republic of Singapore. |
[edit] States
Apart from the flags of Selangor, Sarawak and Sabah, these flags are the same flags still in use from Independence.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the state of Perlis. | three equal horizontal bands of yellow, (top) and blue. | |
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Flag of the state of Kedah. | red field with Kedah coat of arms in hoist-side upper left corner. | |
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Flag of the state of Penang. | three equal vertical bands of blue (left), white and yellow, there is a palm tree in center the white band. | |
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Flag of the state of Perak. | three equal horizontal bands of white (top), yellow and black. | |
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Flag of the state of Kelantan. | red field with a canton feautered two arrows are tied in two hands with five-pointed stars flanked with crescent in center. | |
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Flag of the state of Terengganu. | white bordered with black field bearing crescent and five-pointed stars in center. | |
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Flag of the state of Pahang. | two equal horizontal bands of white (top), and black. | |
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1965 | Flag of the state of Selangor. | four corner bands of red (upper left, lower right) and yellow (upper right, lower left), there is a crescent and five-pointed stars in upper left red corner. |
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Flag of the state of Negeri Sembilan. | yellow field with a two diagonal bands of red and black in hoist-side upper left corner. | |
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Flag of the state of Malacca. | two corner bands of blue (corner), and red or one equal horizontal band of white (top). | |
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Flag of the state of Johor. | blue field with a red hoist-side upper left corner bearing an arranged crescent and five-pointed stars. | |
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1988 | Flag of the state of Sarawak. | yellow with two diagonal bands of red (top), and black, there is a yellow nine-pointed stars in center the two bands. |
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Flag of the state of Sabah. | three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and red, there is a mountain in hoist-side upper left corner. |
[edit] Federal Territories
A common flag for the three federal territories was adopted by the Ministry of the Federal Territories on 20 August 2006. The flag is to be used and flown on matters and ceremonies that would involved all the federal territories as a whole. An example would be for the participations in national sporting events, the unified contingent of the territories would be under this common flag. Just like in other states, where the national flag is almost always flown the state flag, federal territories too fly the flag, however, in Kuala Lumpur, many have concluded that the flag looks too much like the national flag, and as such, it is more common to see the federal territory flag with the national flag instead of the Kuala Lumpur flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2006 | Flag of Federal Territories. | three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red, there is a Malaysian coat of arms in center of blue band. |
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1990 | Flag of Kuala Lumpur | blue with six equal horizontal stripes of red (top), and white in upper and lower, there is a yellow crescent and yellow fourteen-pointed stars in left with ue band. |
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1990 | Flag of Labuan. | three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue, there is a yellow crescent and yellow fourteen-pointed stars in white band. |
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2001 | Flag of Putrajaya. | three equal vertical bands of blue (top, double width), and yellow, there is a Malaysian coat of arms in yellow band. |
[edit] See also
- Malaysia and Flag of Malaysia
- States of Malaysia
- Federal Territories of Malaysia
- List of Malaysian coats of arms
[edit] References
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