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  2. Tunku Abdul Rahman - Wikipedia

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    Tunku Abdul Rahman was born on 8 February 1903, in Alor Setar, Kedah, [3] the seventh son and one of 45 children of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, the 26th ruler of the Kedah Sultanate. Tunku's mother was Cik Menyelara (Nueang Nandanagara), a Thai, and the sixth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah; she was the daughter of Luang Naraborirak ...

  3. Malayan Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The Malayan Declaration of Independence (Malay: Pemasyhuran Kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu Jawi: ڤمشهوران کمرديکا ء ن تانه ملايو), was officially proclaimed on Saturday, 31 August 1957, by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya. In a ceremony held at the Merdeka Stadium, the proclamation ...

  4. Proclamation of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The Proclamation of Malaysia (Malay: Pemasyhuran Malaysia Jawi: ڤمشهوران مليسيا ‎) was a statement, written in English and Malay (in the Jawi script), that declared the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the State of Singapore and the British crown colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak into the new Federation of Malaysia, following the enactment of the Malaysia Agreement ...

  5. Independence Day (Malaysia) - Wikipedia

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    The effort for independence was spearheaded by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, who led a delegation of ministers and political leaders of Malaya in negotiations with the British in London for Merdeka, or independence along with the first president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Tun Dato Sri Tan ...

  6. Father of the Nation - Wikipedia

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    Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia: Bapa Kemerdekaan Bapa Malaysia Father of Independence Father of Malaysia The first Prime Minister of Malaysia. A prince from the Kedah Sultanate, the Cambridge-educated Tunku led the negotiated independence of Federation of Malaya from the British Empire in 1957.

  7. Tunku Abdul Rahman (1933–1989) - Wikipedia

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    Tunku Abdul Rahman ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Ismail (25 November 1933 – 12 July 1989) was the younger son of Sultan Ismail of Johor as well as the younger brother of Sultan Iskandar of Johor. Tunku Abdul Rahman held the post of Tunku Mahkota [3] (Crown Prince) for twenty years until shortly before his father's death in 1981.

  8. Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 - Wikipedia

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    I-8206. The Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 was a major agreement between the governments of Malaysia and Singapore on 7 August 1965 that formally expelled Singapore from Malaysia as a state and to be an independent sovereign country. The agreement included a Proclamation on Singapore to be made by Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul ...

  9. Merdeka - Wikipedia

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    Merdeka (Jawi: مرديک; Indonesian: [mərˈdɛka], Malay: [mərdeka]) is a term in Indonesian and Malay which means "independent" or "free". It is derived from the Sanskrit maharddhika (महर्द्धिक) meaning "rich, prosperous, and powerful". In the Malay Archipelago, this term had acquired the meaning of a freed slave.