![]() With British Admiralty permission of 20 June 1884, the Rajah' standard was modified, becoming similar to the State flag but swallowtailed. (.) On 7th May, 1870, the first official notification regarding the Sarawak flag was issued by the second Rajah which contained the sentence "Black bunting to be used in place of blue".įlaggenbuch 1939 shows the government ensign with the same pattern, yellow field with a centered cross vertically divided red and black and a golden crown in center, but with a larger cross. I am a Sarawakian and recently did a bit of research about Fort Margherita and the different flags that have flown there. All these flags remained in use until 1946 when Sarawak became a colony. With British Admiralty permission of 20 June 1884, the Rajah's standard was modified. The design of the crown was, from the beginning, like the one used from 1963 until 1973. This added an old style golden crown to the national flag. On Sarawak changed into black the dark blue in the national flag and two days later adopted a State flag, which was also war ensign. Pedersen 1971 says the flag derives from the arms of the Brooke family, and does show the crown in the flag. The text reads, "The merchant ships of Sarawak, whose present Rajah is Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, fly this striking combination of yellow, red, and black". National Geographic 1934 shows the old Sarawak Merchant Flag minus the crown. National Geographic 1917 shows the version with the crown, and no mention of the merchant flag. Gordon 1915 does not include the crown in his description of the Sarawak flag. I made the GIF according to the drawing in Talocci 1991. The flag includes the yellow of Southeast Asian royalty note yellow, black and white in the Brunei flag. Kingdom of Sarawak 1841-1946 (Introduction).Keywords: sarawak | malaysia | cross (black and red) | crown: antique | rajah | swallowtailed |įlag adopted 7th May 1870, abolished 1946 This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Kingdom of Sarawak 1870-1946 (Sarawak, Malaysia) The song titled ‘Gone Forth Beyond the Sea’ was the anthem during Brooke’s administration from 1872 to 1946 followed by ‘Fair Land Sarawak’ from 1946 to 1973, which was considered to be the first state anthem, and from 1973 to 1988, it was ‘Sarawak Bahagia’.Kingdom of Sarawak 1870-1946 (Sarawak, Malaysia) Dato Wan Othman Hamid is credited as the composer of the music, while Ismail Hassan wrote the lyrics.īefore ‘Ibu Pertiwi Ku’ was adopted, Sarawak had three different anthems since the 1800s. The current state anthem of Sarawak, titled ‘Ibu Pertiwi Ku’ was adopted in 1988, along with a new state flag design and the coat of arms. The redesigned flag, which is being used until today, was raised by the fourth Chief Minister Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud on in conjunction with Sarawak’s 25th Merdeka Day celebration at newly completed indoor stadium at Petra Jaya. This was to symbolise Sarawak as a British Crown Colony. The flag was also flown together with Britain’s Union Jack flag during this period. Sarawak was then ceded to Britain and became a British Crown Colony on July 1, 1946.Īnother alteration was made to the state’s flag design to distinguish the state from other British Crown Colonies by adding a yellow five-point crown design to the centre of the flag. The second version of the Sarawak flag was again flown until June 30, 1946. It was later replaced by the Sarawak flag when the civil government was restored on April 15, 1946. When the Australian forces fully liberated Sarawak on Sept 11, 1945, the Australian flag was hoisted in Sarawak to replace that of the Rising Sun. The Japanese flag of the Rising Sun replaced Charles’ flag from to Sduring their occupation. Sarawak was under British military rule administered by the Australian military from August 1945 to April 1946. Between 19, Sarawak was occupied by Japanese forces before the Empire of Japan surrendered on and ending World War II. ![]()
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