HISTORY OF MALAYSIA FLAG

 MALAYSIAN FLAG

The banner of Malaysia, otherwise called Malay: Jalur Gemilang (Stripes of Glory) is made out of a field of 14 substituting red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a sickle and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, of equivalent width, speak to the equivalent status in the alliance of the 13 part states and the government domains, while the 14 purposes of the star speak to the solidarity between these substances. The sickle speaks to Islam, the nation's state religion; the blue canton represents the solidarity of the Malaysian individuals; the yellow of the star and bow is the imperial shade of the Malay rulers. The banner, first raised on 16 September 1963, started from the banner of the Federation of Malaya. Before the formation of the national banner, each state in Malaya had its own banner, a significant number of which are unaltered in structure right up 'til today. 

The structure of the banner depends on those of two existing banners, the banner of Majapahit and the banner of Johor, where the stripes from the banner of Majapahit were fused along with the canton containing the bow and star from the banner of Johor. At the point when the Federation supplanted the fleeting Malayan Union, the league government through the Federal Legislative Council required a structure challenge for another banner. Three banners were sent to the general population. The main banner had 11 white stars with two Malay kris (knifes) in the center against a blue scenery. The subsequent banner comprised of "concentric hover of 11 stars around crossed keris on a blue field". The third structure had 11 interchange blue and white stripes and a yellow bow and a five-pointed star on a red foundation in the upper left hand corner". The third structure was picked as the victor - after certain changes by exchanging the canton and stripe hues - through an open survey held by The Malay Mail. Since the Malayan state was battling the socialists during the Malayan Emergency, the five-pointed star had an unexpected similarity to the socialists' images. Subsequently, the star was changed to oblige six additional focuses. The Malayan banner was structured by Mohamed Hamzah, a 29-year-old designer working for the Public Works Department (JKR) in Johor Baharu, Johore. He entered the Malayan banner plan rivalry in 1947 with two structures that he finished inside about fourteen days. 

The principal configuration was a green banner with blue kris in the center, encompassed by 15 white stars. The subsequent plan, which was among the three finalists, was like the current banner however with a five-pointed star. It obtains significant structure components from the Flag of the East India Company, outstandingly the red and white stripes. The opposition pulled in 373 passages and casting a ballot was made by the overall population by means of post. Malayan senior legislator Dato' Onn Jaafar met with Mohamed Hamzah after he won the opposition and recommended that the star be changed to a 11-guided one toward speak to all the Malayan states. Mohamed Hamzah passed on barely shy of his 75th birthday celebration on 13 February 1993 in Jalan Stulang Baru, Kampung Melayu Majidee, Johor. In 1997, when Malaysians were welcome to name the banner, at that point Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad picked the name Jalur Gemilang to extend the nation's forward drive towards nonstop development and achievement.