 Isa Mahmud, which has led to the recognition of the SITC as a birthplace of Malay nationalism.After the establishment of its main branch in Kuala Lumpur, Malay school teachers, most of whom had graduated from SITC continued to spread KMM's wings throughout Malaya.KMM and several other Malay organisations later organised a Malay Congress in August 1939 in Kuala Lumpur.