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Fort Cornwallis is a bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, built by the British East India Company in the late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805), the Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the fort's construction, it is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.
Alexander Dalrymple, an officer of the East India Company (EIC), concluded an agreement with Sultan Bantilan Muizzud-Din on 12 September 1762 whereby the Sultanate of Sulu ceded the island of Balambangan to the company, and Dalrymple took possession of the island on 22 January 1763. [2]
Perai, situated at the estuary of the Perai River, lent its name from the waterway.Upon the acquisition of the area by the British East India Company in 1800, the river was known in Thai as plai (ปลาย), which meant "the end", as it formed the border between British Province Wellesley and the Siamese vassal state of Kedah; the Perai River thus marked the southernmost limit of Siamese ...
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Faced with the Dutch dominance of the East Indies (now Indonesia) and a growing French threat, Light, who by then had risen to the rank of captain, was ordered to acquire Penang Island from Kedah. [30] [32] The British East India Company sought control of Penang Island as a Royal Navy base, and a trading post between China and the Indian ...
This is a list of shopping malls in Malaysia. (Note: ÆON BiG, Billion, E-mart, Econsave, Giant Superstore, Mydin Emporium, KIPMall, Sunshine and Lotus's are categorised as hypermarkets and thus not listed in this article and meanwhile The Sabah KK Skybridge and Anjung Kinabalu officiated as shopping centre by 2023 Sabah government due to it's multipurposed infrastructure.)
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The East India Company (EIC) [a] (1600–1874) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.