Independence of the South-East Asian Countries
of the South-East Asian Countries! Early in 1948, Burma (now Myanmar) on 4 January and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 4 February, became independent. Malaya, which had been reoccupied by the British troops in 1945 after the defeat of Japan, became independent in 1957. In 1963 she, along with Sabah (formerly north Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore formed the Malaysian Federation. [...]