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Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu is a city near the mouth of the Kelantan river in north-eastern Peninsular Malaysia and the royal capital of the state of Kelantan. Sultan Muhammad II made it the seat of government in the 19th century. On 8 December 1941 Japanese troops landed on the nearby beaches, shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, opening the Malayan campaign.

Kota Bharu — Image: CK Tan · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Kelantan Sultanate Japanese occupation of Malaya

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kota Bharu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kota-bharu
MLA: “Kota Bharu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kota-bharu. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Kota Bharu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kota-bharu.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kota Bharu’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kota-bharu (Accessed: ).

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