Which political entity, proposed by the British in 1946 to streamline administrative control, sparked the first major Malay nationalist movement and led to the formation of UMNO?

• A Federated Malay States
• B Straits Settlements
• C Malayan Union ✓
• D Malaysia Agreement

The Malayan Union, which would have abolished the sovereignty of the Malay rulers and granted equal citizenship to non-Malays, was met with such fierce opposition that it was replaced by the Federation of Malaya in 1948.