Born of a Warrior

For my first entry, I would like to share our Father of Independence background. I find it is quite interesting getting to know our Independence warrior background. As a beginning, I would like to share the journey of Tunku Abdul Rahman during his childhood.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj is the seventh prince of Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah,the twenty fourth Sulatan of Kedah and Che Manjalara, which is the fourth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah. Tunku was born on February 8, 1903 in Alor Star, the capital of the state of Kedah. Tunku and his other siblings live in the pagoda with his mother, Che Manjalara. During that time, cholera and malaria had been a common disease and it had killed two of Tunku’s brother and sister (died from cholera) while Tunku himself suffer from malaria until he left Malaya to London in 1920.Tunku is a bright boy, he really loves football and horse racing until ‘Pesta Bola Merdeka’ under his intiative founded in 1957 which led him to become the first President of Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Below are some Tunku's involvement in sport:

• Late 1930s =>Vice President of Kedah Football Association
• 1949 => President of Selangor Football Association
• President of Football Association of Malaysia for 20 years
• He introduced a competition for those under-18 years old such as thePiala FAM (FAM Cup) and the Piala Rahman (Rahman Cup).
• 1957 => was elected as the first president of Asian Football Association (AFC), a post he held until 1976.