This document provides an overview of Malaysian history from the 15th century establishment of Melaka to the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. It discusses the rise of Melaka due to favorable geography, natural resources, and trade. It then outlines the colonial periods of Portuguese, Dutch, and British rule and some key events of each. The effects of the 1824 British-Dutch treaty signing and Japanese occupation from 1941-1945 are also examined.

1. MPU 3173
MALAYSIAN
Studies 3

2. Emeritus Professor Dr. Khoo Kay Kim

3. • Written, built or recorded
during the period itself
• Diaries, letters, photos,
audio & video recordings
Primary
Sources
• Written based on primary
sources
• Story books, history text
books, autobiographies etc
Secondary
Sources

5. c.1400 – 1511 AD

6. How MALACCA got its name?

8. Rise of
MALACCA:
Contributing
Factors
Geography
Natural
Resources
Efficient
Administration
Efficient
Entrepôt
System

12. YEAR DIFFERENT COLONIAL PERIODS
& KEY EVENTS
1511 - 1641
PORTUGESE
• Spread of Christianity
• Three-Prong-War (Johore-Malacca-Acheh)
1641 - 1824
DUTCH
• Tin mining operations began
• Kew Letters 1795
• British-Dutch Treaty 1824
1824 - 1941
BRITISH
• British incursions into Malay states of the
peninsular
• Influx of merchants and labourers from India and
China

13. After the 1824 Treaty

14. What if the 1824 British-Dutch Treaty was not signed?

18. WHAT KIND
OF MASTERS
WERE THE
BRITISH!?

23. WWII:
JAPANESE OCCUPATION
…first landing in Kota Bharu, Kelantan
on 8 December 1941

24. …occupied Kuala Lumpur on
11 January 1942

31. THE EFFECTS OF
JAPANESE
OCCUPATION?1
POSITIVE &
NEGATIVE

32. The Japanese Army left the Malay states on 15
August 1945, six days after the Japanese cities
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the
US.

36. BATU PAHAT
1945
BUKIT KEPONG
1946

37. CHIN PENG
terrorist OR
freedom fighter?