State of Emergency (jan 1, 1950 – jan 1, 1960)
Description:
The Malayan Communist Party worked to influence trade unions and Chinese-medium schools and attacked British-owned rubber plantations and tin mines in Malaya. They also murdered two European rubber planters and carried out numerous assassination attempts and were declared illegal by the British, hence declaring a State of Emergency.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1950
jan 1, 1960
~ 10 years