Taiping was the capital of the State of Perak from 1876 to 1937 after it replaced Kuala Kangsar in that role, and with the discovery of large tin deposits in Perak in the middle of the 19th century…| Malaysia 1786 - 1957
By the end of the 19th century Malaya was the largest tin producer in the world, suppling over half of the world’s tin. The tin mining industry began to be organised in the 1820s in Perak and…| Malaysia 1786 - 1957