[Music] seven ear from history hustle and him standing here in front of the courthouse in the city of Cochin the capital of the Malaysian state saw a rock on the island of Borneo and in this video I'll talk about the kingdom of sorrow ah a kingdom that lasted from 1842 till 1946 the gun which the British explorer and adventurer changed Brooke who landed on the island of Borneo for centuries siroque was part of the bruna Empire Jade group helped the Sultan of Brunei in his battle against inland savages and pirates and in return of that he got Sarawak and James Brooke became the first white Rajah in history this was in 1841 and one year later in 1842 James Brooke proclaimed the kingdom of Sarawak jafer was succeeded by his nephew Charles Charles Brooke was succeeded by son Shahrukh Junior so what's the kingdom of sorrow a British colony in 1888 kingdom of Sirach became a British protectorate within the British Empire but remained independent the white rogers applied a paternalistic system they took care of the rights and the wealth of the locals this is contrary to what you see in the 19th century in other empires for example if you look on elsewhere on the island of Borneo and the current Kalimantan Indonesia where the Dutch ruled they exploited the local population to Bruce they didn't really do that some people did saw the Bruce is colonialist Chinese rebels rose against the kingdom of Sarawak and it had to be battled as a result of that several fortifications were built for example this one fortress margarita in 1941 exactly hundred years after James Brooke was named there's a right job Sarah Walker there was a new constitution and which stood that local population were able to get positions with any government at the end of that year the Japanese attacked and occupied Borneo after war for to 1946 Charles Brooker handed the kingdom of Sarawak to the British Empire and it became a crown colony the kingdom of Sarawak as we know it came to an end this led to anti British protests extremists even assassinated British officials nevertheless the British remained in Sarawak till the year of 1963 on the condition that Sarawak could govern itself it became part of Malaysia together with Malaya Singapore and Sabang however Ciroc is part of Malaysia it still has don't culture its own language and its own flag