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4 days ago · James Brooke, the founder of the Raj. The Raj was founded by James Brooke, an English adventurer who arrived at the banks of the Sarawak River and decided to berth his schooner there in 1839. After serving in the First Anglo-Burmese War where he was severely wounded in battle, Brooke returned to England in 1825 to recover from his injury.
4 days ago · Sarawak also entered a new historical era when the English adventurer James (later Sir James) Brooke helped the sultan of Brunei suppress a local revolt by several Iban groups that (theoretically) were under the sultanate’s control. In gratitude, the sultan of Brunei appointed Brooke raja (governor) of the Sarawak River basin in 1841.
2 days ago · The species was collected by Hugh Low on Mount Kinabalu in 1858, and described the next year by Joseph Dalton Hooker, who named it after James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak. Hooker called it "one of the most striking vegetable productions hither-to discovered".
Jun 26, 2024 · For example, Rajah James Brooke first visited Sarikei on 30 April 1845. There were also resistance from the local people towards the Brooke’s administration, including the burning of Sarikei on 4 January 1856 and the Julau Expedition on 19 June 1856, which was led by Sir Charles Brooke to counter the native resistance in Julau.
Jun 27, 2024 · Akibat ketidakstabilan politik dan keadaan kacau-bilau telah membawa peralihan pemerintahan Negeri ini kepada James Brooke atau keluarga Brooke. Charles Brooke sebagai Rajah ketika itu, telah melantik seorang Residen di setiap Bahagian bagi membantu beliau dalam mentadbir kawasan tersebut.
Jun 26, 2024 · Penentangan terhadap James Brooke membawa kepada peristiwa pembakaran Sarikei pada 4 Januari 1856 dan tindakan balas oleh Charles Brooke ke atas Julau pada 19 Jun 1856. Catatan-catatan sejarah ini menunjukkan kewujudan awal Sarikei.
5 days ago · Vyner Brooke reigned until 1946, furthering the pattern of personal rule established by his father and by his great-uncle, Sir James Brooke. Economic incentives attracted Chinese immigrants, and by 1939 the Chinese accounted for about one-fourth of the state’s population.
