Independence Obelisk, Melaka

The Independence Obelisk is located at Padang Pahlawan, where H.G. Hammet, the last British Resident Commissioner of Melaka handed over the instrument of independence to Tun Leong Yew Koh, the first local Governor of Melaka on August 31, 1957. The alphabet 'M' on the obelisk stands for 'Merdeka', which means Independence.