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A 1985 painting in Indonesia commemorating the Independence of Indonesia bearing the words "Merdeka!" Tunku Abdul Rahman as he proclaimed Malaysian independence on 31 August 1957, chanting "Merdeka!" seven times. Merdeka (Jawi: مرديک; Indonesian: [mərˈdɛka], Malay:) is a term in Indonesian and Malay which means "independent" or "free".
In Indonesia, however, there is a clear distinction between "Malay language" (bahasa Melayu) and "Indonesian" (bahasa Indonesia). Indonesian is the national language which serves as the unifying language of Indonesia; despite being a standardized form of Malay, it is not referred to with the term "Malay" in common parlance. [ 18 ]
Independence: A Novel is a novel written by author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and published on 30 November 2022 by HarperCollins. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It tells the story of India’s independence through the eyes of three sisters, each of whom is uniquely different, with her own desires and flaws.
Born on 10 March 1924, in Haining, Zhejiang in Republican China, Cha was named Zha Liangyong and is the second of seven children. He hailed from the scholarly Zha clan of Haining (海寧查氏), [7] whose members included notable literati of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties such as Zha Jizuo (1601–1676), Zha Shenxing (1650–1727) and Zha Siting (查嗣庭; died 1727). [8]