Kesatuan Melayu Muda

Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM; roughly Young Malays Union in Malay) was the first national political establishment in British Malaya. The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula that were colonized by the British from the 18th and the 19th until the 20th century Ibrahim Yaacob played a huge role in founding the union in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, then the capital of the Federated Malay States. Ibrahim Hj Yaacob was a Malayan politician An opponent of the British colonial government he was President and founder of the Kesatuan Melayu Muda Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K This article is not to be confused with the Unfederated Malay States. The main goal of the union was to unite all Malays regardless of origin and fight for Malay rights. Specifically, KMM held an ideal known as Panji Melayu Raya or Greater Indonesia which calls for the unification of British Malaya and Indonesia. Greater Indonesia or in the Malay language, Indonesia Raya or Melayu Raya was a political concept that seeks to bring the Malay people The union was vehemently against British imperialism. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. ^[1]

The establishment of KMM was closely related to the atmosphere of Sultan Idris Training College for Malay Teachers (SITC), currently known as Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. University Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Sultan Idris University of Education or UPSI is a public university in the town of Tanjung Malim, Perak in Through lectures and writings at the college, anti-colonialism influenced the students there. Ibrahim Yaacob himself was an alum of the college. Along with him, other alumni of the college that were active in KMM were Hassan Manan, Abdul Karim Rashid and Mohd. Isa Mahmud. It is because of this that SITC is known as the birthplace of Malay nationalism. Early Malay nationalism before Malaysian independence did not exist as a united and organised political movement prior to World War II. ^[1]

After the establishment of its main branch in Kuala Lumpur, Malay school teachers most of which were the graduate of SITC continued to spread KMM's wings throughout Malaya. British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula that were colonized by the British from the 18th and the 19th until the 20th century ^[1]

KMM and several other Malay organizations later organized a Malay Congress in August 1939 in Kuala Lumpur. The second congress was held in Singapore in December 1940 while the third meeting was planned in Ipoh in 1941. The third congress however never took place die to Japanese occupation. ^[1]

During the eve of World War II, KMM, Ibrahim Yaacob and his colleagues actively encouraged anti-British sentiments. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Japanese also aided KMM and financed Ibrahim Yaacob's purchased of an influential Malay publication called Warta Malaya in Singapore. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Singapore By 1941, the British began observing the activities of KMM as they perceived KMM as a radical left-wing association. By the end of the year, Ibrahim Yaacob, Ishak Muhammad and many other KMM leadership were captured and imprisoned. KMM was severely weakened by the action taken by the British. ^[1]

During the Battle of Malaya, KMM was one of many organizations that aided the Japanese. The Battle of Malaya was a campaign fought by Allied and Japanese forces in Malaya, from December 8 1941 to January 31 This pro-Japanese anti-British tendency made KMM very close to the Japanese force. All of KMM members that were imprisoned by the British earlier were released by the Japanese during the occupation. ^[2] In January 1942, KMM requested the Japanese to grant Malaya the independence the Japanese had promised earlier. This was the first request for Malayan independence by a Malaya-wide political body. The request however was turned down. ^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Page 208-209 Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah Sejarah Tingkatan 2. Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Wahid; Khoo, Kay Kim; Muhd Yusof bin Ibrahim; Singh, D. Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim (born March 28 1937) is a Malaysian Historian and currently is a Professor Emeritus at S. Ranjit (1994). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Malay for The Institute of Language and Literature) (abbreviated DBP) is the government body responsible for coordinating the use of the ISBN 983-62-1009-1
^ b. Peninsular and Island Southeast Asia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
^ Insun Sony Mustapha. Review of Malay nationalism before UMNO. Malaysia Today. Malaysia Today is a popular Malaysian news Blog. It is known for being critical of both the governing Barisan Nasional coalition and Retrieved February 1 2007.

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