When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Perak - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perak

    Perak's borders with the states of Kedah, Penang and Selangor are marked by rivers, including the Bernam and Kerian Rivers. [149] Perak has 11 major river basins of more than 80 km (50 mi). Of these, the Perak River basin is the largest, with an area of 14,908 km 2 (5,756 sq mi), about 70% of the total area of the state.

  3. Ipoh - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipoh

    A local Hakka miner, millionaire Yau Tet Shin, started developing a large tract of the town in the early 1930s, today known as the "New Town", from the eastern bank of the Kinta River to Greentown. [12] In 1937, Ipoh was made the capital of Perak, replacing Taiping. Map of Ipoh, Perak in 1951. Ipoh was invaded by the Japanese on 15 December 1941.

  4. 2021–2022 Malaysian floods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–2022_Malaysian_floods

    Banjir Malaysia 2021–2022. Date. 16 December 2021 – 19 January 2022. (1 month and 3 days) Location. Selangor (notably Klang, Petaling and Hulu Langat District), Kuala Lumpur, Pahang and Perak; Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Kelantan and Terengganu (limited) Sabah (from 30 December onwards) Also known as. December 2021 Central Malaysian floods ...

  5. 2024 Lumut mid-air collision - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lumut_mid-air_collision

    0. On 23 April 2024 at 09:32 MYT, two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters – an AgustaWestland AW139 and a Eurocopter Fennec – collided over the Malaysian town of Lumut during a military parade rehearsal celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. [1][2] Ten people – seven on the AW139 and three on the Fennec – were killed.

  6. 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2022_Malaysian...

    The global COVID-19 pandemic spread to Malaysia in late January 2020. The first major local outbreak occurred at a Tablighi Jamaat religious event in Kuala Lumpur in late February 2020. [43] [44] As the pandemic emerged as a global crisis by March 2020, including in Malaysia, it has had major economic, social and political impacts. [8] [45]

  7. Sultan of Perak - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Perak

    The Sultan of Perak (سلطان ڤيراق ‎) is one of the oldest hereditary seats among the Malay states. Replica of royal throne of Perak in National Museum. This white tengkolok embroidered with silver thread, tied in the style of Ayam Patah Kepak ("Rooster with Broken Wings"), is the headdress of the Sultan of Perak. Perak royal regalia.

  8. King of Malaysia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Malaysia

    King of Malaysia. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, [a] unofficially known as the king of Malaysia, [3] is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected by the Conference of ...

  9. Nazrin Shah of Perak - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazrin_Shah_of_Perak

    After the death of Raja Ahmad Saifuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah, the then-Raja Muda of Perak in 1987, the Raja Muda title was passed to him due to the Raja Di-Hilir of Perak, Raja Ahmad Hisham ibni Raja Abdul Malik, who was 80, refusing the title due to old age. He was proclaimed Raja Muda of Perak on 15 April 1987.