British Malaya with strong opposition from the local Malays. The opposition revolved around two issues: loose citizenship requirements and reduction in the Malay rulers' power. Due to the pressure exerted, the Union was replaced with the Federation of Malaya on 31 January 1948. The Federation achieved independence on 31 August 1957. All Malayan states later formed a larger federation called Malaysia on 16 September 1963 together with Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo. Singapore was expelled from the federation on 9 August 1965. British Malaya The term "British Malaya" () loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island
Great Britain Bandy Federation Great Britain Bandy Federation The Great Britain Bandy Federation is the governing body of the sport of bandy in the United Kingdom. It is based in The Fens part of Cambridgeshire, East Anglia. Formerly, the federation was named Bandy Federation of England, but after some years with less activity, the federation was restarted and given the name England Bandy Federation in January 2017 and in September 2017 the present name was adopted, as the federation decided to widen its scope to all of the UK. The Federation has the purpose to have a full-size indoor bandy field in the Littleport