Today I learned on Nostr: TIL in 1948 a state of emergency was declared in the British colony of Malaya (now ...

TIL in 1948 a state of emergency was declared in the British colony of Malaya (now Malaysia) as Malayan rebels were attacking rubber plantations and mines. The insurgency was described as an 'emergency' because insurers would not have compensated plantation owners if it had been labelled a 'war'.

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/malayan-emergency
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