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Sri Lanka is a beautiful Island nation located Southeast of India and Northeast of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.Akin to India,this island Nation was also ruled by the British and during those days was known by the name Ceylon until 1972.Today it is officially known as  The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.Its commercial capital is Colombo which is also the largest city of the nation.The legislative capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte  is a suburb of the largest city Colombo[….]

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India is known by three (3) different names.India derives its name from INDUS.The Indian Sub-Continent is Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires. The Greeks in ancient times referred to Indians as INDOI which when translated means”The people of Indus”.”Bharata” is the founder of the Bharata dynasty and a legendary emperor.India has been called Bharatavarṣha (the country of Bharata) after the Great King and Bharat is an official name of the Republic of India.This geographical term Bharat,which is recognised by the Constitution of India[….]

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Sarawak is the second  of the two states located in the Borneo part or East Malaysia(the first one is Sabah).Located in northwestern coast of Borneo, Sarawak is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, to the south, and the independent country of Brunei in the north. The capital city, Kuching or ‘The Cat’ as known in Malay is the economic centre of the state and seat of the Sarawak state government.Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. The capital, Kuching, is a bustling city set on the Sarawak River [….]

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Sabah is one of two Islands of Borneo or East Malaysia.It is situated in northern Borneo, bordering the state of Sarawak to the southwest, Kalimantan of Indonesia to the south, while separated by sea from the Federal Territory of Labuan. Sabah, when translated in Malayan language, is spelt as ‘Sabah Negeri di Bawah Bayu’ which means ‘Land below the wind’, as it is located just below the typhoon prone region of the Philippines. Kota Kinabalu is the capital city, the economic centre of the state and the seat of the Sabah state government fondly called by the locals as [….]

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Malacca is the English spelling of the southern state of Peninsular Malaysia.The Bahasa Malaysian name-Melaka is the official name used for all official state correspondence.Located next to the Strait of Malacca,the state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south.The capital of Melaka is Melaka City.Just like the other states,the climate of Melaka is hot and humid throughout the year with rainfall occurring mostly between October and March. Temperature ranges generally [….]

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