The Raid on Limbang (Malay: Serangan/Serbuan di Limbang) was a military engagement between British Royal Marine commandos and insurgents of the North...
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Limbang is a border town and the capital of Limbang District in the Limbang Division of northern Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. This...
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October—16 November Chinese victory Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Raid on Limbang 12 December British commandos defeat Malaysian insurgents 1963 Vietnam...
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Brunei revolt (section Assault on Limbang)
the 5th Division of Sarawak and on the western edge of North Borneo. Miri was still in government hands but Limbang had been taken by the rebels. The...
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confrontation with Indonesia (Borneo). It was during this tour that the famous Limbang raid was conducted by Lima Company. Throughout the following decade it was...
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assault by Lima Company of 42 Commando at the town of Limbang to rescue hostages. The Limbang raid saw three of the 150 marines involved decorated, L company...
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Srivijaya (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789812309372. "The Chola raid on Srivijaya as a geostrategic manoeuvre". SEAArch - Southeast Asian Archaeology...
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1989 until his retirement in 1991. Jeremy Black was born in Tavistock, Devon on 17 November 1932. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, when it was...
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assault by Lima Company of 42 Commando at the town of Limbang to rescue hostages. The Limbang raid saw three of the 150 marines involved decorated, L company...
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with calls to prioritize the celebration of Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia) on 16 September instead. Malaysia Day commemorates the formation of Malaysia...
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on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2017. "Abu Dhabi fund says 1MDB in default on rescue deal". CNBC. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on...
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History of Kuala Lumpur (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
a collection and dispersal point serving the tin mines. The town, spurred on by tin-mining, started to develop beside the confluence of the Gombak and...
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sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 13 May 1969. The riot occurred in the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general...
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joined the MNLA. After establishing a series of jungle bases the MNLA began raiding British colonial police and military installations. Mines, plantations...
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History and Economics, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2017. Joseph Liow; Michael Leifer (20...
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Unfederated Malay States (category Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata)
The Federation of Malaya gained full independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1957. Johor accepted a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom...
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Brunei around Limbang is no longer in dispute. On 16 March 2009, Brunei announced its decision to drop a long-standing claim to Sarawak's Limbang district...
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Federated Malay States (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
the Conference of Rulers that was created later on under Article 38 of the Malaysian Constitution on 27 August 1957. The flag of the Federated Malay States...
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New village (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
by barbed wire and sentry posts. In some cases 22-hour curfews were placed on the populations of new villages, as was the case in the Tanjong Malim New...
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he could not because they were seized in a 1948 police raid. Chin died in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 September 2013, and was cremated according to Buddhist...
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Water buffalo (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
rituals, ceremonies and festivals of the traditional Bisaya community of Limbang, Sarawak. Highlights are the Ratu Babulang competition and the water buffalo...
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Bario (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
annual rainfall of 2000 mm. The Bario area also forms the headwaters of Limbang, Kuba-an, Libun, and Dapur rivers; the latter two are the important tributaries...
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obtain a lease of Penang Island from Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah of Kedah on behalf of British East India Company in exchange for British military support...
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Hawker Hunter (category Commons link is on Wikidata)
hostages were due to be executed by rebels. Hunter aircraft flew over Limbang while Royal Marines from 42 Commando rescued the hostages in a fierce battle...
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Patani Kingdom (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
founded Patani by conquering Kota Mahligai. He converted to Islam and took on the title of Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah in the late 15th to early 16th century...
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Assassination of Kim Jong-nam (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
by police during a raid on a condominium where he then led police to another condominium where various chemicals were seized. On 28 February, both women...
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against the Japanese. The first strategic bombing raid was carried out by American Flying Fortresses on 2 February 1942 against Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur's...
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Malayan campaign (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
needed] At 04:00, 17 Japanese bombers attacked Singapore, the first ever air raid on the colony. It became evident to the British that Japanese bombers based...
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Malayan Union (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
Unfederated Malay States and the crown colony of the Straits Settlements. On 1 April 1946, the Malayan Union officially came into existence with Sir Edward...
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then withdrew. The attack on Perak had worried the Portuguese, according to a Dutch merchant, Adriaen van der Dussen reported on 27 December that Malacca...
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