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Malaysian Indian Congress
The Malaysian Indian Congress, founded in 1946 as the Malayan Indian Congress, is a political party representing the Indian community of Malaysia, many of them descended from plantation labourers brought in under British rule. It joined the Alliance of the United Malays National Organisation and the Malayan Chinese Association in 1954, sharing in the victory of 1955 and in independence in 1957, and remained a member of the Barisan Nasional.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Malaysian Indian Congress. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/malaysian-indian-congress
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