Hartal and the meaning of merdeka / Hartal 与独立的意义

In Malaysia, the word "hartal" was used to refer to various general strikes in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, such as the All-Malaya hartal of 1947 and the Penang hartal of 1967.

October 20th, 1947 was a historical day in the rakyat's constitutional struggle for independence from British colonialism.
On that day, the whole of Malaya and Singapore bore witness to the first political action that involved the united action of people of all races - the Malaya-wide hartal.

Two weeks before Hartal Day, PUTERA-AMCJA had released a "Hartal Manifesto" that called upon all those who regarded Malaya as their home to observe Oct 20, 1947 as a Day of Protest against the Revised Constitutional Proposals, by staging a Malaya-wide hartal on that day.




这是为什么英国人要让马来亚独立的真相！