Derivation of "Malacca"

　　Malacca Sultanate was founded by a member of the royal family in Palembang on Sumatra island at the end of the 14th century. He was expelled from his home for some reason and dropped in at Malacca on his escape. When he was taking a rest under a tree, named as Melaka, he saw a deer kick a hunting dog out. He might have projected his condition onto the deer, and established Malacca Sultanate there and its name was derived from the tree. I remembered that a few deer were drawn on the Ringgit bills. However, why is this story on the bill? Malacca is only a part of Malaysia.
　　Independence Day of Malaysia is set on Aug. 31st. Though Britain acknowledged the Federation of Malaya as an independent nation on the day in 1957, actually the declaration of independence was read by the first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in 1956 in Malacca. That is to say, Malacca is the starting point of Malaysia. That's evidently the reason why a few deer of Malacca are on their Ringgit bills. I got it. The building in which the declaration was issued is now used as the Proclamation of Independence Memorial, in front of which we passed by an hour later. I wished I could enter the Memorial. Then we headed for St. Paul's Church on a small hill.

(Vocabulary)
Malacca Sultanate　マラッカ王国
Federation of Malaya　マレー連合州
Tunku Abdul Rahman　トゥンク・アブドゥル・ラーマン（１９０３年２月８日 －１９９０年１２月６日）は、「マレーシア独立の父」であり、１９４７年に結成され１９５７年に独立したマラヤ連邦の初代首相。
Proclamation of Independence Memorial  独立宣言記念館