History of Kuala Lumpur

The past inspires the present and the future. The umbilical chord of the past can never be unplugged. It resides under the veil of mysteries and speculations, yet it continues to allure the connotations of future. Often described as the sub-consciousness of the present, the pages determine the cultural and traditional metamorphosis of the contemporary. The sun shines bright over the fertile soil of the present which derives the food for though from the past. Chronology can never be derided.

Kuala Lumpur or KL is the heart and soul of Malaysia. In the native language it is termed as the “muddy estuary” because the urban region resides in between two flowing streams namely- Klang and Gombak Rivers. The city receives its fresh water supply from these two streams of water. The narrative of KL commences with the extraction and thereby the production of tin. The chronology dates back to the periods of 1850s. The Chinese immigrants were involved in the manufacture of tin. The mines were established around the two rivers surrounding the city of KL.

The trading and transportation of the tin products and other raw materials were carried on through the densely covered forests. The city witnessed numerous catastrophes like fire, flood, plagues and civil wars. The Selangor Civil War or the Klang War as it was known took place between Raja Abdullah bin Raja Jaafar, the administrative wing and Raja Mahdi bin Raja Sulaiman from the year of 1867 to the year of 1874. After the blood feud, the capital city was diplomatically transported from Klang to Kuala Lumpur.

Thereafter, Frank Swettenham, who was one of the British residents, was involved in the face lift of the city as we visualize today. In the year of 1896, KL was declared as the capital city of the Federated Malay States. Today the urban center displays number of multi-cultural ethnic communities. This city of life and dynamism continues to flourish even after being a spectator of the two total wars.

There were communist insurgency and state of emergency was declared. After a temporary and short period of political instability, KL evolved as one of the most popular cities of Asia depicting an agglomeration of the spirits of true pan-Asia-ism. Malaysia, in the contemporary time, is a sovereign nation-state consisting of Malays (majority), ethnic Chinese and ethnic Indians (minority). There are non-Malay population who lives surrounding the region of Sabah and Sarawak such as Iban, Dayak, Melanau and Kadazandusun. The Malays are known in the contemporary age as “Bhumi-putras” as they constitute the indigenous population of Malaysia.

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