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State State animal State flora Johor: Malayan tiger: Black pepper [2]: Kedah: Brahminy kite: Rice [3]: Kelantan: Southern red muntjac: Common wireweed [4]: Malacca: Mouse-deer
Coat of arms of the Raj of Sarawak Description The heraldic arms of the Brooke dynasty of the Raj of Sarawak were based on the emblem used by James Brooke.It consisted of a red and black cross on yellow shield, crested by a badger, known in heraldic parlance as a "brock" and hence alluding to the dynastic surname.
Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
The cession has sparked nationalism among Malay intellectuals. They started the anti-cession movement with their main centre of operation in Sibu and Kuching.Meanwhile, the majority of Chinese supported the cession because the British would bring more economic benefits to Sarawak and illegal gambling and the opium trade would be banned under British rule which would also benefit the economy.
Date: 1962: Source: Original source at National Archives, Kew, London. extracted from reprinted edition of the book titled "THE BIRTH OF MALAYSIA - A Reprint of THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY, NORTH BORNEO AND SARAWAK, 1962 (Cobbold Report) And THE REPORT OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITITEE, 1962 (I.G.C Report) - With An Introduction - By Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min" published by ...
The Sultanate of Sarawak (Malay: كسلطانن ملايو سراوق دارالهنا , romanized: Kesultanan Sarawak) was a Malay kingdom, located in present-day Kuching Division, Sarawak. The kingdom was founded in 1599, [ 1 ] after the conquest of the preceding Santubong Kingdom and the later Sultanate of Brunei .
"Fair Land Sarawak" was the anthem of Sarawak as a British Crown Colony from 1946 until 1963 and the anthem of Sarawak as a state of Malaysia from 1963 until 1973. The lyrics of the anthem were provided by F.C. Ogden, while the tune of the anthem provided by George R.K. Freeth, is identical to that of the anthem of the Raj of Sarawak – "Gone ...
Punan Bah or Punan [1] is an ethnic group found in Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. [2] The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Their name stems from two rivers along the banks of which they have been living since time immemorial.