The name Malaysia was first officially changed in 1963. Prior to
this Malaysia was known as Malaya or The Federation of Malaya. The
federation of Malaya was formed with all 11 states in West or
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, North Borneo ( known in Malaysia as
Sabah) and Sarawak formed to become Malaysia. On the 9th of August
1965 Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and today, Malaysia has
13 states.