former, and resigned as the Menteri Besar of Johor in May. Leaving UMNO Onn became increasingly disillusioned and disgusted with what he considered to be UMNO's race-based communalist policies, and called for party membership to be opened to all Malayans of all races, and for UMNO to be renamed as the United Malayans National Organisation. When his recommendations went unheeded, he left the party on 26 August 1951, to form the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP). However, the IMP failed to receive sufficient backing from Malayans, and eventually Onn left it to form the Parti Negara, which placed membership restrictions on non-Malays in an attempt to woo the Malays. He finally won the Kuala Terengganu Selatan seat in the Malayan parliament in the 1959 elections under his new party. Neither party gained popular support against Tunku Abdul Rahman's new Alliance coalition and he was eventually eclipsed in Malayan political life. Death Dato' Onn died at the age of 67, on 19 January 1962 at the Officers' Ward, General Hospital, Johor Bahru. He was buried next to his father's grave, Dato' Jaafar Haji Muhammad at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum in Johor Bahru. Awards and recognitions Places named after him Several places were named after him, including: Bandar Dato' Onn, a suburb developed by the Johor Land Berhad in Johor Bahru, Johor Bulatan Dato Onn, a small roundabout located next to the Bank Negara Malaysia headquarters Jalan Dato Onn, a street in Kuala Lumpur and was previously known as Jalan Brockman or Brockman Road Menara Dato' Onn, the UMNO general headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Kolej Dato' Onn, a residential college at National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Kolej Dato' Onn Jaafar, a residential college at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Kolej Dato' Onn, a residential college at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Machang, Kelantan SK Dato' Onn Jaafar, One of the component schools within the Sekolah Wawasan in Subang Jaya. Honours Honours of Malaysia : Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (DPMJ) – Dato' (1940) Second Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor (DK II) (1947) : Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) – Dato' Seri (2015) Foreign Honours : Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) – Sir (1953) In popular culture Portrayed by Nordin|Zaefrul Nordin in the 2007 film 1957: Hati Malaya directed by Shuhaimi Baba. References Further