Sir Charles Vyner Brooke was the third and last White Rajah of Sarawak, a region on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. He was born on 26 September 1874, and died on 09 May 1963.
The White Rajahs were members of the Brooke family who ruled Sarawak as independent sovereigns from 1841 to 1946. Charles Vyner Brooke succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles Johnson Brooke, as the Rajah of Sarawak in 1917. However, during his reign, Sarawak faced economic and political challenges.
After the Japanese occupation during World War II, Charles Vyner Brooke ceded Sarawak to the British Crown in 1946. This marked the end of the Brooke dynasty's rule in Sarawak. After the cession, Sarawak became a British Crown Colony until Malaysia gained independence in 1963.
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