Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
History
By the end of the 19th century, in less than 50 years, Kuala Lumpur had grown from
a jungle-bound mining settlement to the grand colonial capital of the Malay penin-
sula. It was here that British rule on the peninsula ended in 1957 and that the modern
nation, Malaysia, was born in 1963. Though many government departments moved to
Putrajaya in the 1990s, KL continues to function as the heart of Malaysia's economic,
political and social life.
