Kuala Lumpur History

Kuala Lumpur is the largest and also the capital city of Malaysia. The city (as you might anticipate) is the busiest in the country and comprises of many important and historical buildings. Much history runs behind the elegant, polished city you see thriving today. Its rich history originates to the mid 19th century when the city was founded. The city was founded when a member of the royal family discovered that the city sat on a repository of tin which proved to be very valuable to the country at the time.

As the city continued to grow with its prized possession, the country was then under British rule as well, more focus was laid on the city as a person was assigned to solely manage the location. No one anticipated Kuala Lumpur to turn into the most active city in the country at the time. During these years it was plagues by a couple of civil wars as well due to a discrepancy in understanding in the price of tin being mined and another war because of a deadly feud between opposing parties.

The civil war as expected virtually devastated the entire city and the process of development started over. The tin mines continually assisting in the process. Chinese miners moved to the city as well as farmers which made the city enriched with an efficient food flow. This was all the work of Tengku Kudin who emerged the winner in the civil war and set out to rebuild the city. This started Kuala Lumpur’s trend of being one of the richest and largest in the country and has continued since then to today.

With time, he continued to develop the city commercializing it, building houses, schools and entertainment facilities and in 1896 it was made the capital of the country. It was later captured by the Japanese during the Second World War which was indeed another pitfall for the city. It was occupied for almost 4 years which brought this thriving city to an economic standstill. When the infamous atomic bombs were dropped by the Japanese in 1945, the General in charge of KL at the time surrendered the city to the British.

Development began again by the British and in 1957 the city gained independence from British rule, since then it has continued to expand in economy and industrialization, today it is a modern city with a plethora of skyscrapers surrounding the city and several other places of interest that bring thousands of tourists every year to Kuala Lumpur.