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PROUD RECORD<br />

Tunku Abdul Rahman<br />

A Chronology<br />

of His Life<br />

and Events:<br />

(S. Durai Raja Singam)<br />

<strong>ABDUL</strong> RAHMAN PUTRA, TUNKU (Prince). Kedah<br />

Order of Merit; C.H. 1961; Prime Minister, Federation of<br />

Malaya; Born: 1903; Married: 3rd 1939. Puan Sharifah Rodziah<br />

binti Syed AIwi Barakbah; 1 son & 1 daughter {both by<br />

1st wife); 2 sons and 1 daughter (all adopted.) Educ: Alor<br />

Star; Bangkok: St. Catherine's College, Cambridge; Inner<br />

Temple, London.<br />

1903 - Born 8th February at Alor Star. Seventh child of Sultan<br />

Abdul Hamid Halim Shah and his wife, Makche Menjelara,<br />

who was half Burmese and half Siamese by birth, being<br />

the daughter of Luang Mira, a Chieftan of Nonta Nagara,<br />

one of the Siamese Shan States.<br />

1907 - At the age of four attended a Malay School in the morning<br />

and learnt English in the afternoon. Also went to a<br />

Siamese school in Bangkok. Later a pupil of the Government<br />

English school, Alor Star, now Sultan Abdul Hamid<br />

College.<br />

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