I had the pleasure of visiting this lovely, understated home when i visited Alor Setar in April 2023.
The house is now a museum to the first Prime minister of Malaysia. About Rumah Merdeka Merdeka means a lot to every Malaysian. The word was chanting out seven times, profoundly, by the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, at the ceremony of celebrating the independence day of Malaysia.
The House of Merdeka or Rumah Merdeka, indeed, is the house of the first prime minister of this land, Tunku Abdul Rahman. He is also known as Bapa Malaysia and Bapa Kemerdekaan.
The best option to see old Malay Mansion in fantastic condition. Tunku Abdul Rahman’s house was built on a piece of land that was previously owned by his mother, Che Menjalara, who subsequently bequeathed it to him. The Tunku originally built a wooden house here during the Japanese Occupation, in 1942, called it Rumah Jalan Baru. He rebuilt the lower portion of that house with bricks in 1953, but retained the wooden top part.
I hope you enjoy looking round it and its gardens as much as I did, very much a ‘get away from it all,” place..
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