Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 313. Not illustrated. Chapters: Malaysians of Indian Descent, Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Nicol David, V. T. Sambanthan, Malaysian Indian, Jaclyn Victor, Vinod Shekar, Maniam Moorthy, Tony Fernandes, V. Sivakumar, Bernard Chandran, Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions in the Malay World, Palanivel, Vijay Eswaran, V. K. Lingam, P. Uthayakumar, S. Subramaniam, Asha Gill, Mahadev Shankar, Kamahl, Karpal Singh, M. Kulasegaran, Tamil Place Names in Malaysia, Uma Sambanthan, B. C. Shekhar, M. G. G. Pillai, Reshmonu, K. L. Devaser, Ash Nair, Sivarasa Rasiah, Uthaya Sankar Sb, Karamjit Singh, Syed Thajudeen, V. Manickavasagam, K. Pathmanaban, K. S. Nallakarupan, Harikrish Menon, K. Thamboosamy, Sybil Kathigasu, Nandakumar Puspanathan, John Thivy, Charles Santiago, Janaky Athi Nahappan, Helena Carr, R. Arumugam, K. Thanabalasingam, Kishu Tirathrai, K. R. Somasundram, Gobind Singh Deo, Mani Jegathesan, Punch Gunalan, K. S. Maniam, K. Parthiban, Rasammah Bhupalan, K. S. Nijhar, K. Sivalingam, Gengadharan Nair, Thirumurugan S/o Veeran, Hans Isaac, Kumutha Rahman, V. Nagaraj, M. Manogaran, Chacko Vadaketh, Kavita Sidhu, Deborah Priya Henry, Huzir Sulaiman, Rani Moorthy, Zabrina Fernandez, Shebby Singh, S. Sothinathan, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Govindasamy Saravanan, G. Rama Iyer, V. Murugan, Santokh Singh, Doraisingam Pillai, S. A. Ganapathy, K. L. Palaniappan, Murugayan Kumaresan, G. Vadiveloo, Indi Nadarajah. Excerpt: Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (pronounced; born 10 July 1925) (Jawi: ) was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia. Mahathir's political career spanned almost 40 years, from his election as a Malaysian federal Member of Parliament in 1964, until his resignation as Prime Minister in 2003. As Prime ...