Date in year · 1957 · The 1950s
On January 1, 1957, george Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. 84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.
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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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Capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. 84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country. The city proper spans an area of 306 km2 (118 sq mi) encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets, and had a population of 794,313 as of 2020.
In Thailand, lèse-majesté is a criminal offence under Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, which prohibits any act that defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the heir-apparent, or the Regent. The provision reflects the long-standing doctrine of the monarch's inviolability within Thai political culture. Modern lèse-majesté legislation has existed since 1908, first appearing in the Rattanakosin era's Criminal Code influenced by continental European legal systems.
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