Jalur Gemilang (precursor of Malaysia’s flag)

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Jalur Gemilang is the national flag design adopted at Malaya’s independence, featuring red and white stripes, a blue canton, and a yellow crescent and star symbolizing Islam and Malay sovereignty, which later became the flag of Malaysia.

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Jalur Gemilang (precursor of Malaysia’s flag) canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flag of a country ⓘ
national flag ⓘ
adoptedAsNationalFlagOf Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
adoptionDate 1950-05-26 ⓘ
colorSymbolism blue symbolizes unity of the people ⓘ
red symbolizes courage ⓘ
white symbolizes purity ⓘ
yellow symbolizes the royal color of the Malay rulers ⓘ
country Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
designedBy Mohamed Hamzah ⓘ
designerEmployer Public Works Department of Johor ⓘ
designerOccupation architect ⓘ
designSelectedBy Federation of Malaya government ⓘ
designSelectionMethod public competition ⓘ
firstRaisedAsNationalFlagOn 1957-08-31 ⓘ
firstRaisedAtEvent Proclamation of Independence of the Federation of Malaya ⓘ
flagRatio 1:2 ⓘ
hasCantonColor blue ⓘ
hasCantonShape rectangle ⓘ
hasSymbol yellow crescent ⓘ
yellow star ⓘ
inspiredBy British Blue Ensign tradition ⓘ
laterUsedFor Malaysia ⓘ
modificationDetail number of points on the star increased to 14 ⓘ
number of stripes increased to 14 ⓘ
modifiedWhenFederationFormed 1963 ⓘ
numberOfStripes 14 ⓘ
officialName Jalur Gemilang ⓘ
officialNameAdoptedOn 1997-08-31 ⓘ
officialNameGivenBy Malaysian government ⓘ
officialNameMeaning Stripes of Glory ⓘ
originallyUsedFor Federation of Malaya ⓘ
relatedTo Flag of the Federated Malay States ⓘ
Union Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
representsEntity 13 states of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Territories of Malaysia ⓘ
federal government of Malaysia ⓘ
starPoints 14 ⓘ
stripeColors red and white ⓘ
symbolizes Islam ⓘ
Malay sovereignty ⓘ
federalism in Malaysia ⓘ
harmony between constituent states ⓘ
royalty ⓘ
unity of Malaysian states ⓘ
usedOnNationalDay Hari Merdeka ⓘ
Malaysia Day ⓘ
usedOnPublicBuildings Malaysia ⓘ

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Federation of Malaya → flagName → Jalur Gemilang (precursor of Malaysia’s flag) ⓘ