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23 hours ago · Opposition from Malay nationalists forced the Malayan Union to disband in favour of the Federation of Malaya, which restored the symbolic positions of the rulers of the Malay states. 16 June: The Malayan Emergency begins: European owned plantations and tin mines in Malaya were attacked by Communists, in an event known as the Sungai Siput ...
23 hours ago · Malaysia ialah sebuah negara yang terletak di Asia Tenggara. Terdapat 11 buah negeri dan 2 buah wilayah (Sarawak dan Sabah) mewakili Malaysia 11 buah ibu negeri, 2 buah ibu wilayah dan 3 Wilayah Persekutuan terletak di Malaysia, Johor Bahru (Johor), Ipoh (Negeri Perak) Bandaraya Melaka (Negeri Melaka), Seremban (Negeri Sembilan), Georgetown (Pulau Pinang), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), Alor Setar ...
23 hours ago · The first great ape known to Western science in the 17th century was the "orang-outang" (genus Pongo), the local Malay name being recorded in Java by the Dutch physician Jacobus Bontius. In 1641, the Dutch anatomist Nicolaes Tulp applied the name to a chimpanzee or bonobo brought to the Netherlands from Angola. [14]
23 hours ago · The word 'orangutan' in modern Malay and Indonesian was borrowed from English or Dutch in the 20th century—explaining the missing initial 'h' of 'hutan'. [4] The name of the genus, Pongo , comes from a 16th-century account by Andrew Battel , an English sailor held prisoner by the Portuguese in Angola , which describes two anthropoid "monsters ...
23 hours ago · Background See also: Indonesian National Awakening and Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies The Indonesian independence movement began in May 1908, which is commemorated as the "Day of National Awakening". Indonesian nationalism and movements supporting independence from Dutch colonialism, such as Budi Utomo, the Indonesian National Party (PNI), Sarekat Islam and the Indonesian ...
23 hours ago · Johor (/ dʒ ə ˈ h ɔːr /; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒoho(r)], also spelled Johore) is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula.It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north.
23 hours ago · Siege of Sarajevo; Part of the Bosnian War and the Yugoslav Wars: Clockwise from top left: Crashed civilian vehicle after being fired upon with small arms; UNPROFOR forces in the city; Government building hit by tank shelling; U.S. airstrike on VRS positions; Overview of the city in 1996; VRS soldiers before a prisoner exchange.
