Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1511 - 1641 | Flag of Portuguese Malacca, a colony in the Portuguese Empire | White rectangle centrally charged with the coat of arms bearing five castles on an ogival or heater-shaped shield and surmounted by an open royal crown. | |
| 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. | |
| 1795 - 1801 | Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Used by British Forces during the intermittent British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars. | The Flags of England and Scotland superimposed. | |
| 1801 – 1818 | Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire . | |
| 1818 – 1825 | Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. After the occupation and restoration of Dutch 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. | A horizontal tricolour of red (Bright Vermilion), white, and blue (Cobalt Blue). | |
| 1826 – 1895 | Flag of the East India Company. With the establishment of the Straits Settlement, the East India Company ruled Malaya until it was designated a Crown Colony in 1867. Its design elements of the Union Jack in the canton and the red and white stripes is purportedly the reference behind the current Flag of Malaysia. | Numerous white and red stripes with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom in the canton. | |
| 1826 – 1946 | Flag of the Straits Settlements | A blue ensign defaced with a white disc containing three gold crown; separated with a red inverted pall, which looks like an inverted Y. | |
| 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. | |
| 1895 - 1946 | Naval ensign of the Federated Malay States | Diagonally quartered white, red, black and yellow. | |
| 1942 - 1945 | Flag of the Empire of Japan. Used in Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak were under Japanese military governing, and also used in Singapore (was renamed to Shōnantō). | Centered sun disc on a white field | |
| War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army | Centered sun disc with 16 rays on a white field | ||
| 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. | |
| 1870 – 1946, 1963 – 1973 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak and later 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. | |
| 1946–1963 | Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak | A blue ensign defaced with the former Kingdom Badge. | |
| 1973 – 1988 | Flag of the state of Sarawak (1973-1988). The 'Trisakti' Flag introduced to replace the colonial era flag. | A horizontal bicolor of red and white with a blue triangle on the hoist. | |
| 1882– 1963 | Flag of North Borneo. | A blue ensign defaced with the badge of North Borneo. | |
| 1963 – 1981 | Flag of the state of Sabah | Four equal horizontal bar of red, white, yellow and blue, with the brown silhoutte of Mount Kinabalu in a green canton. | |
| 1982 – 1988 | A horizontal bicolor of blue and white with a red triangle on the hoist. | ||
| 1959 – 1965 | Flag of the state of Singapore (Negeri Singapura). When Singapore exited the federation, the flag was maintained as the National flag of the Republic of Singapore. | A horizontal bicolor of red over white, charged in white in the canton with a crescent facing, towards the fly, a pentagon of five stars. |
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