Crown Colony of Penang

{{Short description|British colony from 1946 to 1957}}

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{{Infobox country

| native_name = {{native name|ms|Pulau Pinang}}

| conventional_long_name = Crown Colony of Penang

| common_name = Penang

| empire = United Kingdom

| status = Crown colony

| era = Post-war{{·}}Cold War

| life_span = 1946–1957

| year_start = 1946

| year_end = 1957

| date_start = 1 April

| date_end = 31 August

| event_start = Dissolution of the Straits Settlements

| event_end = Independence from the United Kingdom

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| p1 = British Military Administration (Malaya)

| flag_p1 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg

| p2 = Straits Settlements

| flag_p2 = Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1904–1925).svg

| s1 = Federation of Malaya

| flag_s1 = Flag of Malaya.svg

| s2 = Penang

| flag_s2 = Flag of Penang (1957–1965).svg

| image_flag = Flag of Penang (1949–1952).svg

| flag_caption = Flags
Top: 1949–1952
Bottom: 1952–1957

| image_flag2 = Flag of Penang (1952–1957).svg

| image_coat = Coat of arms of Penang (1950–1988).svg

| image_map = 300px

| image_map_caption = Location of Penang

| national_anthem = God Save the King (1946–1952)
God Save the Queen (1952–1957)
{{center|File:United States Navy Band - God Save the King.oga}}

| capital = George Town

| common_languages = {{hlist|Chinese|English|Malay|Tamil}}

| government_type = Colonial Office

| title_leader = Monarch

| leader1 = George VI

| year_leader1 = 1946–1952

| leader2 = Elizabeth II

| year_leader2 = 1952–1957

| title_representative = Resident-Councillor

| representative1 = Sydney Noel King

| year_representative1 = 1946–1948

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| currency = Malayan dollar

| today = Malaysia

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The Crown Colony of Penang was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946.{{cite book|author=A. GUTHRIE (of the Straits Settlements, and OTHERS.)|title=The British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca. [An Address to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Signed by A. Guthrie and Others, and Dated April 20th, 1861, in Reference to the Transfer of the Administration of the British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca to the Colonial Office.]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FUVcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1|year=1861|page=1}} Together with Singapore, it became a Crown colony under the direct control of the British Colonial Office in London until it was incorporated into the Malayan Union.{{Cite book |last=Ooi |first=Keat Gin |author-link=Keat Gin Ooi |title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor |date=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=1576077705 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |pages=1049}}