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Malacca's (one of the states in Malaysia) strategic location as the bridge between Europe and East Asia made Malacca a major regional entrepot in the 16th century, where Chinese, Arab, Malay, and Indian merchants traded goods. Ships from the east traveling to the west and vice versa have to pass through the Straits of Malacca which makes it a natural trading port. This potential jewel of economy attracted the attention of many European countries that competed for Malacca's rule. The control of Malacca switched hands from the Portuguese, Dutch and to the British. From 1826 onwards, the British started colonizing the states surrounding Malacca. By 1895 the peninsula of Malaysia was united as the Federated Malay States. During World War 2, Japanese occupation interrupted the British rule. Popular sentiment for independence swelled during and after the war and in 1957, the Federation of Malaya, established from the British-ruled territories of peninsular Malaysia in 1948,......

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