Editing Hisamuddin of Selangor (section)

==Second reign as Sultan of Selangor==

The return of the British brought Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah back to the throne, while Sultan Musa was exiled to the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]].<ref>Buyong Adil, ''op cit''</ref> Although he had signed the [[Malayan Union]] treaty, like all other Malay rulers, he later repudiated it and gave open support to Malay nationalist effort to stop the plan.{{citation needed|date=July 2009}}

On 1 March 1946, Sultan Alam Shah officiated the First Malay Unity Congress at the Sultan Sulaiman Club in Kuala Lumpur which was instrumental in creating the [[United Malays National Organisation]]. The congress was organised by the Selangor Malay Society which had as its president the scholar [[Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer)|Zainal Abidin Ahmad]] (Za'ba), a critic of British colonial rule. {{citation needed|date=July 2009}}