Kuala Lumpur was originally built in Kuala Sungai Gombak and Sungai Klang. In the Malay language, kuala lumpur means muddy estuary due to tin mining activities at the time.
In the era of the history of Kuala Lumpur began in the 1850s, when Raja Abdullah, who is the head of the Malays in Klang has opened a new tin mines and more by hiring Chinese laborers as miners. A total of 87 Chinese workers later arrived in Kuala Sungai Gombak and Sungai Klang to open a tin mine in Ampang which is a forest at the time. 69 Chinese workers who came from the initial number of 87 people have died from the epidemic that hit Kuala Lumpur at that time.
Tin mines that exist around Kuala Lumpur has grown tremendously and make it as a commercial center at that time. Where economic activity has been introduced as a trading center that led to the existence of Kuala Lumpur as a city. Business reasons, many merchants have opened shop along the River Klang and Sungai Gombak to sell basic necessities to miners in exchange for tin.
Previously the original name of Sungai Gombak is Sungai Lumpur while the city is also known as the Pengkalan Lumpur, but in the long run is called the Kuala Lumpur. The original tin mining was then moved to a place called Pudu and Batu the two points that are still in the area of Kuala Lumpur. Until now, Pudu and Batu still in place around the city of Kuala Lumpur and the Ampang is located quite far from the city but some still remain in the area of Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur had the unstable time when involve in Selangor Civil War, epidemics, fires and floods. Selangor Civil War, when it received the name associated with the fight between the princes of Selangor to grab the tin mining areas. Wrest the title of Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur as well happen here at this point to see the Chinese Kapitan Yap Ah Loy fight with the triad-Chong Chong. Chinese Kapitan Yap Ah Loy was successful in the struggle for the title of Tengku Kudin assistance from the Selangor government. After that, they bring Chinese miners to work in tin mines and promote Malay peasants lived near the tin mining area on the purpose of obtaining food supplies.
Around the 1870s Yap Ah Loy was appointed to the Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur. He is responsible to keep the peace and development in the Kuala Lumpur economy through mining activities and businesses with the entry of foreign traders. Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur is the first Hiu Siew and Yap Ah Loy was the Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur to third.
Following the success of Yap Ah Loy as Kapitan China Kuala Lumpur, in 1880, the state capital of Selangor was moved from Klang to Kuala Lumpur is due to strategic locations for commercial activities. During the administration of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy as China Kuala Lumpur, the city is quite dangerous about the disease, as Yap Ah Loy gangsters are gangsters themselves, and often misunderstanding with the other gangsters. He also has allowed the existence of centers of prostitution, gambling and selling liquor store.
A year later, in 1881, Kuala Lumpur had the huge fire disaster was followed by terrible floods which saw most of the destroyed city to force the British Resident at the Frank Swettenham plan to convert the roof of the residentials and offices from the roof to the brick and wood tiles for the building with the help of Yap Ah Loy as Kapitan China Kuala Lumpur. After that, the houses and buildings in design inspiration based on the Chinese trade in which they characterized as five-foot store in South China.
To facilitate the transfer of tin ore, rail transport as key to facilitate the delivery. As a result of economic growth, the Board of Hygiene was there in the 1890s to monitor the outbreak of the disease has attacked the Kuala Lumpur from recurring.
In 1896 Kuala Lumpur became the capital of the agreement from Negeri-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu.
The establishment of the Kuala Lumpur also related to the historical figure named Hj. Abdullah Hukum originally was Muhammad Rukun. He is famous for opened a village in Pudu and later was appointed to the headman of mosque in the village. Hj. Abdullah Hukum live in Sungai Putih and is now the place is known as Kampung Hj. Abdullah Hukum, until the end of his life around in the 1930s.
Various people have made settlements in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur where the Chinese live in the surrounding fields in the eastern markets of the Sungai Klang to Chinatown (now known as Petaling Street). Malay, Chettiar Indian and Muslim Indian was living in Java Street (now known as Jalan Tun Perak) while the British administration was in place in a field known as Dataran Merdeka. Assembly and the opening of the first history of Tanah Melayu independence on August 31, 1957 was also held at Dataran Merdeka.
On January 11, 1945, the Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur is the second World War 2. Japan surrendered to the British on October 15, 1945, when the rubber and tin prices collapsed. Federation of Malaya achieved its independence under the British rule on August 31, 1957 and Kuala Lumpur remained the capital of today.
Shortly after independence, on May 13, 1969 of approximately 12 years after the independence of the occurrence of racial riots between Malays and Chinese community in Kuala Lumpur. According to a memorandum of understanding between British and Malaya, in the event of chaos in the past 10 years after independence, the status of independence will be withdrawn. However, Kuala Lumpur fortunate when racial riots that occurred in the year 12th after independence. This race riots stemming from dissatisfaction with the Malay community of sosiopolitik and as a result of the riot, 196 people reported killed. After that, the government has taken over the National Economic Policy changes that favor the Malays.
Kuala Lumpur has been recognized as a city in 1972 and it was first city status awarded to Kuala Lumpur since independence. In a February 1974, Kuala Lumpur has been Federal Territory. After the award of a Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam has been made the capital of Selangor in 1978.
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur has introduced the song and the flag of Kuala Lumpur after due to the 100 anniversary of the Kuala Lumpur as Federal Territory on 1 February 2001. At this time all the administrative and judicial departments of government have moved to Putrajaya. However, the official residence of the Yang Dipertuan Agong still remain in Kuala Lumpur.
