zain
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Malaysia as you might be aware is one of the commonwealth countries which means the country that once was colonised by Britain, just like India, Singapore, Australia, Canada a many more. As a result we inherit lots of things from Britain, among others are buildings with beautiful architecture (despite many disadvantages of being colonised which I need not elaborate here 
)The British government left behind many classic and beautiful buildings whose architecture depends on the era it was constructed. For a start let me introduce you to this handsome building which used to house the administration office of the whole then Malaya (now Malaysia). Its architecture was inspired by Mughal Architecture of India (just like Taj Mahal) because the main overseas office of the British colonial government was in India so many of its staff who came to work in Malaysia were earler based in India. This building was designed by 2 British architects named A.C. Norman and R.A.J. Bidwell. It was built between 1894 and 1897. It was said a factory to produce bricks was opened just to specially cater to the supply of bricks to construct this "mega project" at that time for Malaya scale.This is considered the most photographed heritage building in Malaysia and it became Kuala Lumpur landmark before the Petronas Twin Towers took over its place.It was named the Sultan Abdul Samad Building after the reigning Sultan of Selangor state then.
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)The British government left behind many classic and beautiful buildings whose architecture depends on the era it was constructed. For a start let me introduce you to this handsome building which used to house the administration office of the whole then Malaya (now Malaysia). Its architecture was inspired by Mughal Architecture of India (just like Taj Mahal) because the main overseas office of the British colonial government was in India so many of its staff who came to work in Malaysia were earler based in India. This building was designed by 2 British architects named A.C. Norman and R.A.J. Bidwell. It was built between 1894 and 1897. It was said a factory to produce bricks was opened just to specially cater to the supply of bricks to construct this "mega project" at that time for Malaya scale.This is considered the most photographed heritage building in Malaysia and it became Kuala Lumpur landmark before the Petronas Twin Towers took over its place.It was named the Sultan Abdul Samad Building after the reigning Sultan of Selangor state then.