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Brooke Raj

(1841–1946) Dynasty of British rajas that ruled Sarawak (now a state in Malaysia) for a century. Sir James Brooke (1803–68) served with the British East India Company and fought in the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26) before using his family fortune to outfit a schooner and sail for the Indies (1838). He was awarded the title of raja of Sarawak by the sultan of Brunei for helping suppress a rebellion. Brooke established a secure government on Sarawak and was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke (1829–1917), who had spent much of his life on Sarawak, knew the local language, and respected local beliefs and customs. Under him, social and economic changes were limited. His eldest son, Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (1874–1963), succeeded him and began a modernization program after World War I. He terminated Brooke rule in 1946, ceding Sarawak to Britain.

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No references found			The White Rajahs were held up as ideal rulers, but the bonkers behaviour of Rancee Sylvia - self-styled Queen of Headhunters - changed that. books: non-fiction; SYLVIA - QUEEN OF THE HEADHUNTER Philip Eade **** by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Mustapha of Sarawak: Some Reflections of His Life and Times (Kuching: Sarawak Literary Society, 1991), Masa Jepun: Sarawak under the Japanese 1941-1945 (Kuching: Sarawak Literary Society, 1998) and, most recently, The White Rajahs of Sarawak: A Borneo Dynasty (Singapore: Archipelago Press, 2004). Notes from the editor by Borneo Research Bulletin Bampfylde 1909 A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908. Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould: "squarson dilettante" (1834-1924) by Horton, A.V.M. / Borneo Research Bulletin			White Oak Lake State Park white object white oil White Oils white olivine white on red white orchid white pages white paper White Pass white phosphorus white phosphorus grenade White Pine white pine cone and tassel White Pine County White Pines Forest State Park White Plains white point White Poplar white portland cement white potato White Queen White Rabbit white radiation white rainbow White Rajahs White River White River Falls State Park White River National Forest White River National Wildlife Refuge White River State Park White Rock White Rock Lake Park white rot White Russia white rust White Sands White Sands National Monument white schorl White Sea White Sea Fold Epoch White Sea–Baltic Race white shark White Short-Eared Hogs white signal white snakeroot white space white spaces White Spaces Coalition white spirit White Spirits			White Powdery Substance White Power white pox white prairie aster White precipitate White Pride World Wide White primaries White primary White Professional Male White propaganda White pudding white pulp white pulp white pulp white pulp disease White Punk on Dope white pupil White Queen White Rabbit White race White Racial Identity Attitude Scale White racism white radiation white radiation White radish white ragweed White rainbow White rainbow White Rajahs White rami White rami communicans White rami communicantes White ramus White ramus communicans white rat white rat white rat White rattlesnake root White Red Green Blue White refined sugar White refined sugar White refined sugar White rent White rent White Resistance Manual White rhino white rhinoceros white rhinoceros white rhinoceros white rhinoceroses White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood White Ribbon Alliance India for Safe Motherhood White Ribbon Campaign White Ribbon Campaign of Vermont White Ribbon Day White Ribbon of Death White Riboflavin Binding Protein white rice White Riesling

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Brooke Raj (redirected from White Rajahs)

Brooke Raj

Brooke Raj
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