DATO SERI DR.MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMMAD,THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA,WAS BORN ON 20 DECEMBER 1925.THE ONE-ROOM WOODEN HOUSE WAS OWNED BY HIS FATHER,MOHAMMAD BIN ISKANDAR.EVEN THE FLOOR WAS WOODEN.THE ROOF WAS MADE OF NIPAH FALM AND WAVY CLOTHS HUNG FROM THE CALLING.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES TOOK OVER THE BUILDING IN 1990 ON THE SUGGESTION OF THE KEDAH MUSEUM BOARD. PERMISSION WAS THEN OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY TO REHABILITATE THE HOUSE,WHICH HAD UNDERGONE SEVERAL RENOVATION, IN 1992.
THE HOUSE CONTAIN THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND OTHER ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER FROM HIS BIRTH UNTILL HIS MARRIAGE. MANY OF THE EXHIBITS CAME FROM RELATIVE AND CLOSE FRIENDS.
THIS WOODEN HOUSE WITH ATTAP ROOF WAS BOUGHT BY MOHAMMAD ISKANDAR FROM A PERSON WHO WAS MARRYING HIS SON AT THE TIME.THIS HOUSE WAS BUILD IN 1990.
AT THE TIME OF ITS PURCHASE THE HOUSE WAS NOT PAINTED AND HAD NO BALCONY OR STAIRCASE INFRONT. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, A RENOVATION WAS CARRIEDOUT AND THE FRONT PORTION WAS BUILT. THE HOUSE WAS ALSO PAINTED. THE HOUSE HAD ONLY ONE ROOM AND NO ELECTRICITY. ITS FLOOR WAS MADE OF WOOD AND THE CEILING WAS WHITE CLOTH.
MAHATHIR WAS BORN IN HIS HOUSE ON 20 DECEMBER 1925. HE STAYED IN THIS HOUSE UNTILL HE WAS MARRIED AND MOVE TO HIS OWN HOUSE AT TITI GAJAH.DUING THIS TIME HE OFTEN VISITED THE HOUSE TO SEE HIS MOTHER.
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