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by teleforce
19 days ago
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Need to check the veracity of this 1000 population claim by the master colonial no less. The British took over Malaya from Dutch with minimum effort, by exchanging some of their Indonesia colonies after an agreement with another colonial power. Fun facts, that's how Batam Islands got under Indonesia. The first thing they did was to create Strait Settlements with strategic and rich Malayan States including Penang, Malacca and Singapore, definitely any of these was not an obscure fishing village [1]. These are the major trading ports for Asian major empires including Langkasuka, Srivijaya, Majapahit, Chola, Malaccan Sultanate, etc. [1] Straits Settlements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements |
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