History of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur was launched as urban tourism in 1 February 1972. It become the first settlement in Malaysia to be granted the status after independence. The name changed into Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur). Later, on 1 February 1974, Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory. Kuala Lumpur ceased to be the capital of Selangor in 1978 after the city of Shah Alam was declared as the new state capital.