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Tunku, man of the people
FEW people fully appreciate the immense contributions by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the foremost leader of Malaya from August , and the principal architect, founder and builder of Malaysia.
This is an attempt to memorialise him as we celebrate the 58th anniversary of Malaysia and the 64th year of Merdeka.
Tunku yaacob biography of martin
A colonial civil servant and Sinologist, Victor Purcell in his well written book Malaya: Communist or Free? (Stanford, ) characterised Malaya as “a glorified commercial undertaking rather than a ‘State’”. It was largely Tunku who shepherded Malaya out of that situation.
He imbibed a comprehensive, inclusive national spirit and laid the foundation and structure for a united, harmonious, independent and successful nation.
Tunku was also the first and finest diplomatist extraordinaire of the country’s modern era.
Early life
Tunku’s father was Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, who officially reigned from to Tunku, who was the third child of one of the Sultan’s