Editing Malaysian Indian Congress (section)

=== Baba Budh Singh Ji, Ramanathan, and opposition to the Malayan Union ===
After India gained independence in 1947, the MIC changed its focus and started to fight for the independence of Malaya.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HphXHA4_sYQC&q=MIC+under+John+Thivy&pg=PA26 |title=Cage of Freedom: Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia |publisher=NUS Paper |year=2007 |isbn=9789971693916 |editor=Andrew C. Willford |page=26}}</ref> Baba Budh Singh Ji became president of MIC in 1947. After World War II, the British had established the [[Malayan Union]], unifying the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administration. Although a majority of the Indian community supported the Malayan Union, the MIC did not.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.org.my/about/history/ |title=History – MIC |publisher=Malaysian Indian Congress}}</ref> The Malayan Union was dissolved in 1948 after widespread Malay protests and replaced with the [[Federation of Malaya]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Malayan Union controversy 1942–1948 |last=Lau |first=Albert |date=1991 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-588964-9 |location=Singapore |oclc=22117633}}</ref> The MIC later joined the [[All-Malaya Council of Joint Action]] under [[Malay titles|Tun]] [[Tan Cheng Lock]] in opposition to the Federation of Malaya Agreement.

K. Ramanathan became president in 1950. By this time, the MIC was the leading party representing Indians in Malaya.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rajagopal |first1=Shanthiah |last2=Fernando |first2=Joseph Milton |date=27 April 2018 |title=The Malayan Indian Congress and Early Political Rivalry among Indian Organisations in Malaya, 1946–1950 |journal=Kajian Malaysia |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=25–42 |doi=10.21315/km2018.36.1.2 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Ramanathan advocated for the relaxation of the language proficiency test as a prerequisite for citizenship for Indians, and urged Indians to obtain federal citizenship.<ref name="Kailasam 2015">{{Cite journal |last=Kailasam |first=A. |date=1 January 2015 |title=Political expediencies and the process of identity construction: The quest for indian identity in Malaysia |url=http://web.usm.my/km/33(1)2015/km33012015_01.pdf |journal=Kajian Malaysia |volume=33 |pages=1–18}}</ref>