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Born in a royal family in Kedah, Abdul Rahman was the son of 24th Sultan of Kedah and went to become the founding father of the independent Malaysia. He played a key role when the Organization of Islamic Conference was established in and served as its first Secretary-General. He was the fourteenth son and twentieth child of his father. As a child Abdul Rahman was raised in Isatan, the Palace, which was built by a Chinese contractor and had a royal childhood with a number of servants around him.

In , little prince Abdul was sent to Debsirin School in Bangkok to study with his three brothers. He returned to Malaya in and resumed his studies at Penang Free School. After three years in , he enrolled at St. At that time, he drew national attention and was praised as the first student to receive a scholarship from Kedah State for studying in the United Kingdom.

At that time, the colonial Malaya was totally dominated by the British officers, with the only exception of Abdul Rahman who was a Malaya and had concern for his fellow people of Malaya. The two could never come to terms and he often had to pay for it by loosing promotion to higher positions. However, the British Administration did not dare do anything against him, as he was a son of the Sultan and a price of Malaya.

Few years later, Abdul went to England and stayed there briefly before finally returning to Malaya following the eruption of the World War II. In , a conflict surfaced within the UMNO forcing its president Datuk onn Jaafar to resign and the person replacing him was Abdul Rahman, who eventually seized the position for the next twenty years.

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His initial efforts failed to achieve anything as the British Administration was averse to grant independence unless it was assured of the racial harmony and equality in a new independent Malaya. The coalition gained huge popularity among people though the UMNO members were initially reluctant to open the party to Chinese and Indian community.

Abdul Rahman became the first Chief Minister of Malaya with the Alliance Party winning the first federal general election held in the same year. In , he traveled to Japan, where he negotiated the Malaya Independence and 31 August was finally decided for its independence.