• 1830-an: Pembukaan Kajang

Perlantikan “Che Man” sebagai Penghulu Kajang & Reko, oleh Residen Selangor, melalui cap kuasa Sultan Selangor. Beliau menggantikan Raja Kahar, putera Sultan Abdul Samad, yang dikatakan tidak mempunyai rumah di kawasan ini, dan tidak pernah membuat lawatan sejak setahun setengah yang lalu. Che Man disebut sebagai seorang “anak negeri” yang disukai “orang dagang” dan masyarakat umumnya. Beliau juga dikatakan rakan rapat Raja Kahar. Latar perlantikan:-

• 12/08/1886: Perlantikan beliau telah dicadangkan oleh J.A.G. Campbell (Majistret daerah Ulu Langat), atas dasar beliau sebagai anak negeri serta sahabat baik Raja Kahar: “I have the honour to request that a Penghulu be appointed for the Districts of Kajang & Reko. At present Raja Kahar is by name only Penghulu, & he has not visited this District now for over a year & a half. I would suggest that Inche Man, who is universally liked, by “Aurang Dagang” & everyone be appointed. He is an “Anak Negrie”, who? would make his appt all the more acceptable to the people of the country, & to the Sultan. As he is a relation of Rj. Kahars, & also a great friend of his, no opposition need be feared in that quarter. Raja Kahar has not even a house here; & any Rajas or Penghulus stopping in the village have to put up in the shops. - J.A.G. Campbell, Collector & Magistrate, Ulu Langat.” (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 12/08/1886: |"ASKS THAT A PENGHULU BE APPOINTED FOR THE DISTRICT OF KAJANG & REKO").
  

• 27/11/1886: Cadangan perlantikan telah dipersetujui oleh ahli Council negeri Selangor: “Extract from minutes of Council dated November 27th 1886: 6. An application is considered for the appointment of a Penghulu for the District of Kajang & Reko, forwarded by the Collector of U. Langat, who recommends Inche Man for the appointment, after consultation with the people of the districts concerned. Raja Kahar says that he knows Inche Man intimately & believes that he would prove a very efficient Penghulu. Resolved that Inche Man be appointed Penghulu of Reko & Kajang from January 1st 1887, on a monthly salary of $15.00.” (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 24/09/1890: |"ASKS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PENGHULU OF KAJANG VICE CHE MAN").

Che Man seterusnya menjadi penghulu Kajang & Rekoh selama sekurang-kurangnya 6 tahun, berdasarkan beberapa rekod urusan beliau sehingga tahun 1892:-

• “STATES THAT INCHE MAN PENGHULU OF KAJANG HAS APPLIED FOR A LOAN OF $200 FOR THE PURCHASE OF CARTS” (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 26/02/1889: |"STATES THAT INCHE MAN PENGHULU OF KAJANG HAS APPLIED FOR A LOAN OF $200 FOR THE PURCHASE OF CARTS").
• “RECORD ON THE APPLICATION FROM PENGHULU CHE MAN FOR A LOAN OF $40 WHICH HE PROPOSED TO REPAY BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS OF $10.” (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 09/06/1892: |"PENGHULU CHE MAN - APPLIES FOR A LOAN OF $40.00/100").

LATAR PERISTIWA: Perihal J.A.G. Campbell.

“Survey Office, Kuala Lumpur. 12 March 1896.

Re Names of Streets & ? in towns of Cheras Kajang & Semenyih.

Sir, I have the honour to enclose tracings of the towns of Cheras, Kajang & Semenyih and request that names be given to all the Roads & Streets therein. This is required for the purpose of description writing. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, Geo. M. Stafford, Ag Chief Surveyor.” ….. “The names shewn in pencil on the tracing have been approved by the local Sanitary Board. 2. The unnamed streets & lanes have not yet been formed.” - D. O. Ulu Langat

(Sumber: Arkib Negara 1957/0062295W, 12/03/1896: |"NAMING OF STREETS ETC IN TOWNS OF CHERAS KAJANG AND SEMENYIH")

Kiri: Peta Bandar Kajang tahun 1896 (Arkib Negara 1957/0062295W, 12/03/1896: |"NAMING OF STREETS ETC IN TOWNS OF CHERAS KAJANG AND SEMENYIH"): “PLAN OF THE TOWN OF KAJANG, DISTRICT OF ULU LANGAT, SURVEY OFFICE SELANGOR, 10 MAR. 1896” (Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, 2021: "Tarikh Raja Asal: Derap Perantauan Kaum Mandailing dari Sumatra ke Tanah Semenanjung", m.s.226).

Tengah: Peta Bandar Kajang, sebahagian daripada peta tahun 1945: “Scale: Scale 1:7 500 (E 101°47'/N 2°59'); Description: [London] : published by War Office, 1945; 1 map : col. ; 49 x 42 cm.; Notes: Town plan of Kajang showing transportation, water features, vegetation, cultivation, built-up areas and buildings. Relief shown of hachures. At top of map: Malaya. Prime meridian: Greenwich. “2,500/9/45 S.P.C.”.” (Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Central Interpretation Unit, 1945 @ National Library of Australia digitised item: |"Town plan of Kajang [cartographic material]/ compiled and drawn by A.C.I.U. and War Office").

Kanan: Peta Bandar Kajang, 2025 (Mapcarta, 2025).

Kiri: Peta pekan Kajang tahun 1896 (Arkib Negara 1957/0062295W, 12/03/1896: |"NAMING OF STREETS ETC IN TOWNS OF CHERAS KAJANG AND SEMENYIH"): “A closeup of 1896 map of Kajang Town. British Colonial Government then did some segmentation of the town from section 1- section 9. Early development concentrated in Section 1-4 along Jalan Mendeling, Jalan Tukang, and later extended to Jalan Besar(Main Street) and Jalan Tengah(Middle Street). The present Metro Plaza site was a tin mine by Towkay Chow Yoke who owned the row of shop houses along Main Street. If you notice a bridge over Langat River, it was not at present site. The wooden bridge link from Lorong Mendeling to the opposite bank at about 50m down the river from the present location. This is something interesting we found from National Archive. Credit to our research assistant Kah Hoe Lee who had been flipping through files and documents for months. 乌鲁冷岳社区文物馆增添了不少的新资料，都是我们的研究助理李家和全心投入，翻查国家档案馆资料，找出加影开埠历史记录。这1896年地图标出当年城市规划，最早的建筑集中在后街，杜更街;大街一排店屋，较后由赵煜(荣)兴建。地图上的矿湖，位于现今美景广场地段，属赵煜所有。至于横跨冷岳河的木桥，当时是建在后街巷口处，离目前的桥梁，大约50公尺。” (Kajang Heritage Centre, 16 November 2019: "A closeup of 1896 map of Kajang Town").

Tengah: Peta pekan Kajang, sebahagian daripada peta tahun 1945: “Scale: Scale 1:7 500 (E 101°47'/N 2°59'); Description: [London] : published by War Office, 1945; 1 map : col. ; 49 x 42 cm.; Notes: Town plan of Kajang showing transportation, water features, vegetation, cultivation, built-up areas and buildings. Relief shown of hachures. At top of map: Malaya. Prime meridian: Greenwich. “2,500/9/45 S.P.C.”.” (Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Central Interpretation Unit, 1945 @ National Library of Australia digitised item: |"Town plan of Kajang [cartographic material]/ compiled and drawn by A.C.I.U. and War Office").

Kanan: Peta pekan Kajang, 2025 (Google Maps, 2025).

“STRAITS TRADING COMPANY, LTD., KAJANG. The Straits Trading Company's branch at Kajang was opened in 1898, and it is now actively engaged in buying tin ore from producers in the surrounding district, including the mining towns of Seminyih, Sungei Lallang, Reko Broga, Cheras, and Ulu Langat. The agency despatches the tin ore to the smelting works of the company at Singapore, and thence it is sent to all parts of the world. The acting agent at Kajang is Mr. F. D. Rees. Before joining the Straits Trading Company in 1905 he was in the service of Messrs. Gilbert J. McCaul & Co., Australian merchants, London.” (Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya, hlm. 919).

• 1900-an: Petempatan Sekitar Kajang