Melaka Maju Jaya (loosely translated as "Onward Melaka") is the state anthem of Melaka/Malacca, a state in the southwest region of Peninsular Malaysia. Malacca is also the name of the largest village on Car Nicobar, the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh Capital Malacca Town Governor Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd. ...
Lyrics (in Malay): The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ...
Melaka is on the southwest coast of the Malay peninsula opposite Sumatra, with the states of Negeri Sembilan to the north and Johor to the east.
Melaka was conquered on August 24, 1511 by the Portuguese viceroy of India, Alfonso d'Albuquerque and it became a strategic base for Portuguese expansion in the East Indies.
Melaka was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Benkoelen on Sumatra.
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