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Malaya Rata is the mountainous areas of central Sri Lanka. It is also one of the three historical regions of the island of Sri Lanka , with Rajarata and Ruhunurata . Malaya Rata was historically known to house the natives tribes; Yaksha, Raksha, and to a certain extent the Naga.
The Malay Annals is historical literature written in the form of narrative-prose with its main theme being lauding the greatness and superiority of Malacca. [32] The narration, while seemingly relating the story of the reign of the sultans of Malacca until the destruction of the sultanate by the Portuguese in 1511 and beyond, deals with a core issue of Malay statehood and historiography, the ...
On the Amoghapasa inscription, dated 1347, the word Malayapura (literally "city of Malaya" or "kingdom of Malaya") was proclaimed by Adityawarman, again referring to Dharmasraya. The word "Melayu" is also mentioned in the Malay annals referring to a river in Sumatra: "...Here now is the story of a city called Palembang in the land of Andelas ...
The kingdom of Ruhuna was an important state in Sinhalese history as it was known for several rebellions against the superior states in Rajarata. The principality was defeated with its last de facto Queen Sugala been captured and executed by the invading army of Parakramabahu I. Following its annexing by Parakramabahu, the rebellions that arose ...
Malaya Rata Ruhunu Rata Rajarata ( Sinhala : රජරට , romanized: rajaraṭa ( IPA: [rad͡ʒəraʈə] ); Tamil : ரஜரட , romanized: rajaraṭa ; meaning "King's country") was one of three historical regions of the island of Sri Lanka for about 1,700 years from the 6th century BCE to the early 13th century CE. [ 1 ]
The Fourteen Days' War (Malay: Perang 14 Hari), also known as the Parang Panjang War (Malay: Perang Parang Panjang), refers to the violent persecution by the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) of Malays and Indians who had supported the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Chinese supporters of the Kuomintang in August 1945.
Henceforward Malay and English would be the only teaching languages in secondary schools, and state primary schools would teach in Malay only. Although the Chinese and Indian communities could maintain their own Chinese and Tamil -language primary schools, all their students were required to learn Malay, and to study an agreed "Malayan curriculum".
HMS Malaya, a Royal Navy battleship which served in both world wars; Operation Malaya, a police investigation taking place in Spain; Malaya, a 1949 American war film set in Japanese-occupied Malaya; Malaya, a 1961 documentary film produced by Malayan Film Unit (later Filem Negara Malaysia) Malaya, a newspaper in the Philippines