- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lela_Pandak_Lam
- http://sejarahting2bab7.blogspot.com/2009/07/kronologi-penentangan-datomaharaja-lela.html
- http://sejarahtokoh.wordpress.com/dato-maharaja-lela/
- Perak State Anthem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBlQ3nWRmeo
MALAYSIAN WARRIOR
Dato Maharaja Lela
Monday 21 October 2013
REFERENCES
PERAK NOWADAYS
CHRONOLOGY OF COUNTERACTION OF DATO MAHARAJA LELA
- Sultan Abdullah , Dato Sagor , Dato Maharaja Lela , Pandak Lam and Ngah Ibrahim met in Durian Sebatang and make decisions to kill Birch.
- Dato Maharaja Lela and his followers Dato Sagor , Pandak Indut and Sepuntum have volunteered to kill Birch and drove the British from Perak.
- On 2 November 1875 , JWW Birch in Pasir Salak has come to spread the right to collect the tax declaration letter .
- The opportunity has been taken by Lela Dato Maharaja and his followers to kill Birch .
- Birch eventually killed lead to British counter-attack by sending troops led by Captain Innes to Pasir Salak.
- The war continued for 6 months and is known as the Perak War .
- Finally , the British fighter beat Perak with military aid from India and Hong Kong .
- Action taken by the British because of the Birch murder :
a) Dato Maharaja Lela , Dato Sagor , Pandak Indut and Sepuntum was sentenced to death .
b ) Ngah Ibrahim and Sultan Abdullah was exiled to the Scychelles Island .
c ) Raja Ismail was exiled to Singapore.
Friday 18 October 2013
CONTRIBUTION OF DATO MAHARAJA LELA
Dato Maharaja Lela fortress |
Dato Maharaja
Lela struggle should be remembered to this day. It also must be a
stimulus for us to add a sense of love
towards the country. Birch murder shows that
Dato Maharaja Lela has fought hard
to restore the
rights of the Malays until
he eventually sentenced
to death. This event
should be fresh in
the memory of every person to arise awareness
so that together we can keep the peace of the country.
Bends, challenges, pays the labor painful to get independence until now and we as Malaysians should
be grateful and thankful for the peace that
has been obtained. Therefore, let us together to embed
a sense of patriotism in the hearts and deeds
appreciate fighters who have fought tooth
and nail to get independence.
THE FACTORS AND EFFECTS OF J.W.W BIRCH MURDER
J.W.W BIRCH |
Birch was murdered on 2 November 1875 Dato Maharaja Lela and his assistant Sepuntum, who speared him to death while he was taking his bath, nearby a river, in Pasir Salak, near today's Teluk Intan (Teluk Anson).
There
is inconsistency as to the reason why Birch was assassinated. One view is that
Birch's assassination was because he outlawed slavery in Perak. Dato
Maharajalela, whose income depended on capturing and selling the indigenes of
Perak or Orang Asli as
slaves, was then incensed and plotted with some of the slave-traders to kill
Birch by spearing him when he was taking his bath in the river.
The
more popular view among right wing Malay historians was that Birch was
assassinated because of his disrespect of the local customs and traditions,
which created conflict with local Malay chiefs. This is because modern Malay
historians generally refuse to accept that the Orang Asli were
being traded as slaves in the pre-Colonial era. Some accounts claimed that
Birch even entered the palace of the ruling Sultan of Perak without
removing his shoes.
The
murder of JWW Birch led the British army to attack Pasir Salak, and following
several days of battle, the leaders of the rebellion surrendered. In a
subsequent trial held between December 14 and December 22 in Matang, Perak, Sultan Abdullah and Ngah Ibrahim was deposed and sent to exile in Seychelles.
However
his act was considered heinous and he was convicted by the court, which takes
place on 14-22nd December 1876. He was sentenced to death by hanging on 20th
January 1877. Here it can concluded that Dato’ Maharaja Lela is a warrior that
fought for interest of his nation and the country but ultimately betrayed by
his own king and people.
BACKGROUND OF DATO MAHARAJA LELA
DATO MAHARAJA LELA |
Dato'
Maharaja Lela Pandak Lam is one of the 8 ‘pembesar delapan’ of Perak. His
father, Pandak Lam is the descendant of Daeng Salili, the son of a Bugis King
who hailed from Luwuk District, Sulawesi. Daeng Salili came to Perak during the
reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah III. He was appointed as the mufti of Perak and
was given the title Dato’ Maharaja Lela Tan Lela with the power to wield the
sword and to use it at will.
He led the resistance of the locals against the British in Perak. Together with
other leaders such as Orang Kaya-kaya Seri Agar Diraja (better known as Dato'
Sagor) and Ngah Kandin he had plotted to resist the intervention of the British
in Perak by killing the British Resident, James Wheller Woodfird Birch (J.W.W.
Birch).
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