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14 unusual facts about Shah Alam


Begum Samru

Shah Alam, the predecessor and father of Akbar Shah, regarded Begum Samru as his daughter.

Charles Kwan

Charles drove one of his most memorable races at the Batu Tiga Speedway at Shah Alam this year.

Kuchesar

After 1782, Kuchesar mud-fort remained in unbroken possession of the family; it was granted to them in perpetual lease by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam in 1790, a grant confirmed by the British in 1807.

Kuchesar Fort

The mud fort of Kuchesar was captured in 1763 but was recovered by the Jat rulers by 1782 and it remained in the family since then and was granted lease by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam in 1790 and then by the British in 1807.

Mohd Yusof Bin Din

Mohd Yusof is an UMNO member and he is currently one of the committee member of UMNO Shah Alam.

Movement For Justice By Any Means Necessary

In 1993 a Kingsway student Shah Alam was nearly killed in a racist attack in Poplar, East London and they organised the Justice for Shah Alam Campaign which organised a march, public meetings, press conferences and court pickets to get the racists convicted and jailed.

Mox-Linde Gases

MOX has 21 plants nationwide in industrial parks such as Shah Alam, Bayan Lepas, Kulim, Pasir Gudang and Kerteh.

Royal Mint of Malaysia

It was located at the Kompleks Kilang Wang Bank Negara Malaysia in Shah Alam.

Shah Alam

Shah Alam is well connected to other main cities in Klang Valley via a network of major highways, namely the Federal Highway, New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS), Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE), North-South Expressway Central Link (ELITE) and the newest highway Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway (LKSA).

Besides sports, this stadium had been used for several occasions such as the final concert of Akademi Fantasia and the Perhimpunan Pekerja 2008 held by the Dewan Pemuda PAS.

UiTM F.C.

Universiti Teknologi MARA Football Club also known as UiTM F.C. is a Malaysiaa football club based in Shah Alam.

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

The British won, but they did not take any territory; the whole of Awadh was restored to the Nawab, and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam was restored the subahs of Allahabad and Kora in the lower Doab, with a British garrison in the fort of Allahabad.

Uthaya Sankar SB

Uthaya Sankar SB was bred in Taiping, Perak before moving to Klang, Selangor and later settling in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Zainah Anwar

Instead, she was persuaded to join the pioneer batch of aspiring journalists at the then Mara Institute of Technology in Shah Alam in 1972 (now Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM).


Cow head protests

Rodziah Ismail, who is the Selangor State Assemblywoman for Batu Tiga, which includes Section 23 Shah Alam was directly criticised and insulted by the protesters for not stopping the relocation of the temple.

Sri Petaling

Sepang International Circuit (venue for the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix) is only twenty-five minutes away, Kuala Lumpur city centre, Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Damansara and Puchong, is 15 minutes away whereas the Shah Alam is 20 minutes away by modern transport, and the royal town of Klang is 45 minutes away.