In honour of the man who transformed Maxwell School

One of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur, Maxwell School is also one of the few surviving colonial-era buildings, with an architectural style that bears similarities to the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and Sultan Abdul Samad building.

Maxwell School (now SMK Maxwell) had a notorious reputation for being a “gangster school” in the 1960s, and it took an outstanding individual to turn it all around.

As one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, former Maxwellians want to commemorate the man who brought the school from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs – the late P. Nadarajah.