 Mainly an agricultural area, Malanday was originally an uncultivated grassland that formed part of a rural community that would be known later for its rice field.To reach the place, pioneers had to transport and deliver commodities using the carabao-drawn , given its ease in negotiating mud tracks.For Malanday residents, 1937 holds a special significance – it was the year they were released from the bondage of paying land taxes to the Tuasons, owner of most of the lands in Marikina.