PUTERI GUNUNG LEDANG

• At age 15, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir watched as the British Forces marched into Melaka. The year was
1811.British troops were waiting for instructions to be sent off to Java. Stamford Raffles was appointed to be
the Lieutenant Governor of Java (1811-1816). Before embarking on a sea voyage to Java, Raffles stationed his
army in Malacca where he planned the initial operations for advancement into Java. Munshi (a title meaning
'tutor') Abdullah's encounter with Stamford Raffles was to have a very large impact on the boy's future.
Employed as a scribe in his moderate but significant team of employees, Munshi Abdullah was given the
opportunity to learn from a man who had an insatiable appetite for learning. Raffles wanted to know
everything about the locals…their culture, their history, their myths and legends, their language, their arts
and their creativity. Raffles collections grew to include rare manuscripts, books, written verses, syair and
pantun. The people of Melaka then did not understand the value of such books and manuscripts. They readily
sold them to the collector for cash. Such manuscripts were written in longhand and were originals - no copies
were ever recorded. Other books that could not be bought were borrowed and copyists had the task of
duplicating them. Several copyists were employed for this task, and Munshi Abdullah was one of them. The
exposure led him to write his autobiography in later years, called Hikayat Abdullah (The Story of Abdullah).
• Imagine that you are Abdullah and write your own story of Malacca History from 1430-1824
• Start your accounts with:
• I listen to the stories from the old men. They sit by the sea…as the sun sets and when the day's work is done;
they recant stories told to them by their forefathers - of how great Malacca once was. That was centuries
before I was born, back in the days of pirates, sea merchants from distant lands, rowdy Portuguese soldiers,
sombre Dutch officers, inquisitive English administrators and before them, a renegade Prince called
Parameswara. Here begins the story… ( DONT FORGET TO INCLUDE MALLACA RELATION S WITH MAJAPAHIT)
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• Explain the pre-conditions before Japanese
occupation
- Colonial systems of government
- The establishment of Malay soldiers
- How the Japanese was invited to malaya
• In this section you will examine a map of the
Japanese' routes and then plot cities along their way
and explain the events that follows until their
occupation of Singapore and their surrender in 1945
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• Examine the social, political impact of
Japanese occupation on the three major races
( Malay, Chinese, Indians)
• Explain in details the existence of force 136
 Bukit Kepong
• Explain the below
• Declaration of emergency laws
• The Bukit Kepong incident
• The impact of emergency
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• Based on the movie explain what do you
understand by the struggle for indipendence