Colonial Era In Malacca & Diamond Jubilee Of Queen Victoria

First the Portuguese

Second The Dutch

Third The British

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Colonial Era Buildings

Melaka or Malacca is the third smallest Malaysian state after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca.

 The location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, the monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. 

In 1641, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese in an effort to capture Malacca, the Dutch ruled Malacca from 1641 to 1798.

Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Bencoolen on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was under the rule of the British.

 This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.