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Fatin Afyqah Binti Roszlan

Siti Nur Fatin bt Mohd Darus

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMANTHE FATHER OF INDEPENDENCE AND FATHER

OF MALAYSIA


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WHO IS TUNKU ABDUL

RAHMAN..?

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni

Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim

Shah

Born on February 8, 1903, in Alor Setar,

Kedah.

Tunku was the twentieth child of Sultan

Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, the twenty-

fifth ruler of Kedah,

Islam

Tunku was raised in Isatan, the Palace,

which was built by a Chinese contractor

and had a royal childhood with a

number of servants around him.


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EARLY LIFE

Tunku was sent

to a MalayPrimary School

Jalan Baharu

Tunku was later

moved to theGovernment

English School in

Alor Setar

Tunku was sent

to DebsirinSchool in

Bangkok to studywith his three

brothers

He enrolled at St.

Catharines college

in Cambridge

University andgraduated with a

bachelor degree in

Art

Tunku returned to

London and continue

his study of law at theInner Temple as a

regular student

Tunku attempted the London

bar exam but did not

pass,then he returned to

Penang and join the Kedahcivil Service

He soon

transferred to

Kulim,taking theposition of

Assitant District

Officer

In Kulim,Tunkudevoted much of his

time to touring thedistrict and getting

to know the

problems of thepeasant who made

up most of thepopulation


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EARLY CAREERAfter his return to Malaya Tunku was first posted at the

Legal Officer's office in Alor Star. He later asked to betransferred to Kuala Lumpur where he became a Deputy

Public Prosecutor. He was later appointed as president of

the Sessions Court.

During this period, nationalism was running high among the

Malays with Datuk Onn Jaafar leading the United MalaysNational Organisation(UMNO) in the struggle against

Britain's Malayan Union Abdul Rahman joined UMNO andbecame active in Malayan nationalist politics. He was

popular and later became head of the Kedah branch of

UMNO.

In August 1951 an internal crisis in UMNO forced Datuk

Onn Jaafar to resign as party president. Abdul Rahmanwas elected as the new president, eventually holding

the post for 20 years


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FAMILY

Tunku Abdul Rahman married at least four times. By his firstwife, a Thai Chinese woman named Meriam Chong, he had

Tunku Khadijah and Tunku Ahmad Nerang. On Meriam's death,

he married his former landlady in England, Violet Coulson, He

was ordered to divorce her by the Regent of Kedah. He then married Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah, with

whom he adopted four children, Sulaiman, Mariam, Sharifah

Hanizah and Faridah.

Wanting to have more children of his own, he secretly marriedanother Chinese lady named Bibi Chong who converted upon

marriage. He had two daughters with her, Tunku Noor Hayati

and Tunku Mastura.


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PICTURES OF TUNKU ABDUL

RAHMAN FAMILY


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TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN ACHIEVEMENT


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Tunku Abdul Rahman

Independence of Malaya

Begin his campaign

He fail and

he

consolidateda political

alliance

The alliance party

win,Tunku tavel to

Japan and achieveindependence for

Malaya


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Tunku Other Achievement In 1960, when he was still the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman

declared Islam the official religion of Malaysia and established the

Islamic Welfare Organization (PERKIM) as a guiding body for Muslim

converts. Tunku Abdul Rahman became the president of PERKIM

and served until a year before his death.

As President of PERKIM, he organized the first International QuranRecital Competition in 1961.

Tunku Abdul Rahman played a key role when the Organization of

Islamic Conference was established in 1969 and served as its first

Secretary-General. Tunku Abdul Rahman was a co founder of the Islamic Development

Bank and President of the Regional Islamic Dawah Council of South

East Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP), serving from 1982 till 1988.


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Tunku Abdul Rahman promoted many sports events in Malaysia,viewing is a medium to bring people of different race and religion

together. Tunku Abdul Rahman started an international football

tournament in 1957 and was elected as the first president of Asian

Football Confederation in the next year in 1958.


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All the efforts and contributions he has rendered finally enabledhim to get recognition from Pakistan with Hijrah presents awards

in March 1983, and Al-Malik Faisal Award from Saudi Arabia in the

same year.

Tunku Abdul Rahman is a very successful Islamic fighters. He hasbrought much benefit in the development of Islam.


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TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

QUALITIES

Optimism(Trait Model)

He always think positive possibilities coupled with his

confidence to bring about a better future for the community

Social Responsibility(Trait Model)

He had his first taste of racial discrimination at England. The

experience deepened his faith in the equality of man as an

ideal to be fought for, At the same time, it kindled a desire in

him to free his people from British rule.


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Leadership(Trait Model)

In England Tunku found that the number of Malay students had

increased but they had no association or organization of any sort.

He showed initiative, leadership qualities and a nascentnationalism in the way be got them together to form "Kesatuan

Melayu Great Britain (the Malay Association of Great Britain). He

was elected secretary of the association.

Empathy(Trait Model)Tunku works hard to improve the lives of the people in the districts

where he worked. He was always vocal typing the living conditions

there. He has also taken the initiative to bring a lot of good

changes.


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Tunku Abdul Rahman Later Life &

Death In 1977, Tunku Abdul Rahman became the chairman of The

Star, a newspaper which was banned in 1987 by PrimeMinister Mahathir Mohammad because of its provokingcolumns that were harshly critical of the Malaysias

government. Following a rift with in UMNO, heunsuccessfully tried to establish a new party UMNOMalaysia.

In the general election of 1900, Tunku Abdul Rahmanactively participated and widely campaigned against

Mahathir Mohammad despite his worsening health. TurkuAbdul Rahman died on 6 December 1990, aged eighty sevenand his body was buried at the Langgar Royal Mausoleum inAlor Star.


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TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

MEMORIALS

PARLIAMENT HOUSE

The statue of Tunku Abdul Rahman

holding a copy of the constitution of

the Federation of Malaya stands onthe steps leading to Parliament

House, Kuala Lumpur. He is the only

prime minister with a statue at

Parliament House. Photo by HengHau Yeo.


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STADIUM MERDEKA

This stadium was commissioned by

Tunku Abdul Rahman for the

Declaration of Independenceceremony

Now largely abandoned, the lobby

still features four larger-than-life

photo murals of Tunku and well-researched captions about the days

of his eventful premiership.


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FEDERAL HOTEL

Until 2007, there was a statue of Tunku

Abdul Rahman giving his right-handed

open hand salute in front of FederalHotel. This was mysteriously removed by

the city of Kuala Lumpur and disappeared

forever. The management of Federal

Hotel, when asked about thewhereabouts of the statue, had no

comment.


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Proclamation of IndependenceMemorial

Located next to the Porta De Santiago

on Jalan Parameswara in Melaka, the

Proclamation of IndependenceMemorial was built in 1912, being the

former Melaka Club clubhouse. It

marks the return of Tunku from the

Merdeka talks in London (his plane

landed at the airport in Malacca) and

the speech he gave declaring the talks

a success.


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BANGUNAN TUNKU ABDULRAHMAN

Nicknamed "Wisma Bapa

Malaysia", this building hosted theSarawak State Legislative Assemblyfrom August 1976 to May 2009. Itwas opened after Tunku AbdulRahman had left office, while

Hussein Onn was in power. Thelobby features a white plaster bustof Tunku.


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TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN TIMELINE1903 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was born on 8 February 1903.

1909 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was sent to a Malay Primary School in

1909.1911 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was sent to Debsirin School in Bangkok.

1918 -Tunku Abdul Rahman enrolled at St. Catharines College in

Cambridge University.

1925 - Tunku Abdul Rahman graduated with a bachelor degree in

Arts in 1925.

1949 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was admitted to bar in 1949.

1951 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was made the president of UMNO.

1954 -Tunku Abdul Rahman began his campaign for Malayas

independence in 1954.1955 - Tunku Abdul Rahman became the first Chief Minister of

Malaya.

1957 - Malaya was declared independent on 31 August.

1957 - Tunku Abdul Rahman started an international football

tournament in 1957.


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1958 - Tunku Abdul Rahman was elected as the first president ofAsian Football Confederation.1960 - Tunku Abdul Rahman declared Islam the official religionof Malaysia.

1960 - Tunku Abdul Rahman established the Islamic WelfareOrganization (PERKIM).1963 - Malaya became Malaysia in 1963.1963 - Tunku Abdul Rahman became the first Prime Minister ofMalaysia.1965 - Singapore seceded and declared its Independence on 9

August 1965.1970 - Tunku Abdul Rahman resigned from the position of PrimeMinister on 22 November.1971 - Tunku Abdul Rahman resigned from the presidency ofUMNO.

1977 - Tunku Abdul Rahman became the chairman of The Star.1982 - Tunku Abdul Rahman became the president of theRegional Islamic Dawah Council of South East Asia and thePacific (RISEAP).1987 - The Star was banned in 1987.1990 - Tunku Abdul Rahman died on 6 December 1990.


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CONCLUSION

Tunku Abdul Rahman has left us. We are inheritingTunku precious relics. Our memory to the Tunku would be more

meaningful if we can continue the good efforts of Tunku to make

Malaysia a nation of peace .

Tunku has used all his higher level of emotional intelligence bybringing up our country and his effort of giving us back our own

freedom from others .

As a teacher we should know how to use the skills to make sure

that our students respects us not by scaring them with violent .

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