Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Declaration of Malayan Independence, Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 1957, 1957-08-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/96
Scope and Contents
203 x 155 mm. Showing the Duke of Gloucester, as representative of the Queen, making a speech at the Independence ceremony. Behind him on the platform are seated: Tuanku Syed PUTRA (1920-) Raja of Perlis and Yang di-Pertuan Agong 1960-1965; Sir Donald MacGILLIVRAY, last High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya; Tuanku Abdul RAHMAN (1895-1960), Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the Negri [i.e. Negeri] and first Yang di-Petuan Agong of Independent Malaya; Tuanku Abdul Rahman PUTRA (1903-),...
Dates:
1957-08-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Al-Marhum Syed Hassan Jamalullai [circa 1960], 1960
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/99
Scope and Contents
152 x 204 mm. Showing Tuanku Syed Putra emerging from a motor car wearing uniform of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Born in 1920, he became Raja of Perlis in 1945 and served as Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1960-1965.
Dates:
1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).