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Pasir Salak is a mukim and historical riverside town in Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia, about 45 minutes from the state capital, Ipoh.. The British colonial official J.W.W. Birch, who had been sent to take up the position of the first British Resident in Perak, was assassinated at Pasir Salak as the result of a conspiracy involving the local chiefs Dato Maharaja Lela and Sepuntum.
The Pasir Salak Historical Complex (Malay: Kompleks Sejarah Pasir Salak) is a historical complex in Pasir Salak, Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia. History
Dato Maharaja Lela and his assistant Sepuntum speared British Resident of Perak, James W. W. Birch to death on 2 November 1875, as Birch was taking his bath by a river near Pasir Salak, which is located somewhere around today's Teluk Intan (Teluk Anson).
James Wheeler Woodford Birch, commonly known as J. W. W. Birch (3 April 1826 – 2 November 1875) was a British colonial official who was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875, an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ultimately to the extension of British political influence over the Malay Peninsula.
After the assassination of British Resident James W. W. Birch, the British attacked Lela Pandak Lam's stronghold in Pasir Salak. on 7 December, 1875, but were stopped at Kampung Biak. In Lakaran Melayu by Sir Frank Swettenham, the bravery of two Malay scouts, Nakodah Orlong and Alang, is described.
The autonomous sub-district of Kampung Gajah also includes the historical town of Pasir Salak, as well as the nearby communes of Pulau Tiga, Kota Setia and Bandar.
Pasir Salak is a federal constituency in Perak Tengah District and Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.. The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
On the literary front, when he was the Chief Minister of Perak, he wrote a book entitled “Pasir Salak: Sehamparan Sejarah Perjuangan”, a book about the Malay rebellion against British rule in Perak on 2 November 1875, and at the same time he also produced assortments of pamphlets and booklets on tourism for Pasir Salak and Perak.