Tarikh Kuala Kubu (1780-1931)

Tarikh Kuala Kubu 1780-1931 (26 September, 2016)


Tarikh Kuala Kubu (1780-1931) is a book published by Persatuan Sejarah Kuala Kubu. Edited by Ahmad Termizi Yaacob with contribution the committee members of the society and various individuals including En. Ridzuan Idris, Cikgu Syed Hassan, En Kholid Hamzah and Hairi Marazat. The book takes us back in time to understand the history of Kuala Kubu.

As we well know, today there is a Kuala Kubu Bharu. But before this town, there was an older settlement, referred to today as Kuala Kubu Lama, but originally simply as Kuala Kubu. That town was completely obliterated on the evening of 29 October, 1883, when the dam that was built over the town burst. The resulting calamity destroyed some 38 houses. Some 35 people lost their lives, including British representative Cecil Ranking, who was sent there to be the tax collector and magistrait for Ulu Selangor district, and who had been working earnestly to develop the town.

Photographs in Tarikh Kuala Kubu 1780-1931 are arranged in chronological order. As such, we get to walk through the events happening in the area, beginning with the founding of the town, the construction of a dam - which at that time was a major feat of Malay engineering - followed by the dam tragedy, the tin mining activities in the area, and the creation of the new settlement of Kuala Kubu Bharu, which survives to this day.

Tarikh Kuala Kubu 1780-1931 is the most comprehensive effort to have been undertaken to document the history of Kuala Kubu.

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Tarikh Kuala Kubu 1780-1931
Publisher: Persatuan Sejarah Kuala Kubu (PESKUBU) Phone: 03 6064 1264, 012 620 1236

Chinese tin mine on the old trunk road to Pahang. (26 September, 2016)


Motorcar and bullock cart on the road entering Kuala Kubu Lama. (26 September, 2016)


Motorcar and bullock cart on the road entering Kuala Kubu Lama. (26 September, 2016)

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