     shah alam  is the state capital of selangor, malaysia and situated within the petaling district and a small portion of the neighbouring klang district. it is located about  west of the country's capital, kuala lumpur. shah alam replaced kuala lumpur as the capital city of the state of selangor in 1978 due to kuala lumpur's incorporation into a federal territory in 1974. shah alam was the first planned city in malaysia after independence from britain in 1957. ==history== malaysia grew rapidly after its independence in 1957 under the "father of modernisation", the second prime minister of malaysia, allahyarham tun abdul razak hussein. shah alam was once known as sungai renggam and was noted for its rubber and oil palm estates. later, the same area was identified as batu tiga prior to malaysian independence, and has been a centre of rubber and palm oil trade for centuries. the sungai renggam plantat
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