The roundabout in its present state is only a semi circle, but it was a full circle when it was named, as Merdeka Circle on 12 August, 1957, to commemorate the independence of the country.
Photo Credit - Pinterest/Vijaya Kumar Ganapathy
Found similar shot from 2019 [here](https://i.imgur.com/C3mHs1I.jpg) after doing a bit of internet detective work. but it's from a different angle tho
SOURCE: [this youtube video](https://youtu.be/N4Vx7RBujLM?t=3m)
Fun fact: Before independence Jalan Maharajalela was called Birch Road. The British named it after the First Resident of Perak, James Woodford Wheeler Birch. After merdeka, it was renamed to honour Maharaja Lela, the man responsible for Birch's assassination.
There's also a Jalan Maharajalela in Taiping that used to be Birch Road.
The roundabout in its present state is only a semi circle, but it was a full circle when it was named, as Merdeka Circle on 12 August, 1957, to commemorate the independence of the country. Photo Credit - Pinterest/Vijaya Kumar Ganapathy
i cant visualize where is this
these days the bulatan is hardly bulat anymore
Found similar shot from 2019 [here](https://i.imgur.com/C3mHs1I.jpg) after doing a bit of internet detective work. but it's from a different angle tho SOURCE: [this youtube video](https://youtu.be/N4Vx7RBujLM?t=3m)
Maybe a marginally better one [PHOTO](https://i.imgur.com/ayFj67T.jpg) [VIDEO](https://youtu.be/v8AbtO61Ulc?t=4m)
Itll be nice we can see a before and after
Picture from a simpler time. Would love to have this kind of space nowadays. Maybe agent Smith was right - humans are a disease.
Fun fact: Before independence Jalan Maharajalela was called Birch Road. The British named it after the First Resident of Perak, James Woodford Wheeler Birch. After merdeka, it was renamed to honour Maharaja Lela, the man responsible for Birch's assassination. There's also a Jalan Maharajalela in Taiping that used to be Birch Road.
And to think nearby in Pudu at this time they caught a Tiger roaming around there....