History
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2.8KIn 1786, Francis Light didn’t actually take control of Penang. He ‘rented’ it from Kedah.
Most of the time, we think we know everything about our country’s history, what with five years of studying our Sejarah textbooks...
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3.9KThe tragic story of the 2000 ‘silat’ terrorist group that killed two hostages
July 2020 can mean a lot of things, like former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction for abuse of power, the return of...
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2.0KMalaysia’s only the second country to remove its parliament’s speaker – Who’s the first?
As you have probably noticed, the uproar of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia has kinda been dying down with the dwindling numbers...
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1.5KIn the 80s, an MCA president was jailed in two countries – but may not have been guilty.
Tan Koon Swan, former MCA president, must have been one of the unluckiest Malaysian-Chinese politicians in history. Not only was he sacked...
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2.2KIn the 1800s, Johor and Singapore implemented the… Kongkek System?
[This article is based on one written by SOSCILI. To read the article in BM, click here!] Here’s a quick pop...
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1.8KIn 1978, the govt took over Bank Rakyat – now some of its shareholders want it back
Gone are the days of your grandpa hoarding his life savings under his mattress, and your grandma keeping her petty cash between...
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3.4KThe Sultan who helped the Brits gain power in 1870s Malaya…also allegedly killed a Brit
If you remember anything from our buku teks Sejarah, you’ll probably remember an angmoh named JWW Birch, who was the first British resident...
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3.1KHere’s 5 lost kingdoms of Sarawak that you’ve probably never heard of
(Artikel asal ditulis dalam BM. Klik sini untuk baca!) When we talk about lost kingdoms, you’d probably gonna think of some...
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4.6KBaba Nyonyas aren’t the only Peranakans. There’re others who have their own… Qing Ming?
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article contained some factual errors regarding the religious beliefs of the Chetti community in Melaka,...
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4.6KForget rubber and tin. The British actually got rich from the opium trade in Malaya.
If you grew up with Malaysian TV, chances are you’ve seen one of the many, many reruns of P Ramlee’s parody of...
