QuickCheck: Is it true that Putrajaya was named after our first prime minister?


IT’S where the corridors of power are located, or rather, the Malaysian government’s administrative centre.

Digging into Putrajaya’s past, did this city get its name from our first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman?

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