Devinder Raj is an amateur historian from Malaysia. He grew up in Melaka, he attended Malacca High School and graduated from the University of Malaya. He has worked as a teacher, an English Language Officer at the Ministry of Education, at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur, the Beijing INTI Management College, as a volunteer at the National University of Laos and as an External Verifier for City & Guilds. His interest in history was sparked after visiting ancient sites in Southeast Asia and finding links many of them had with the Malay Kingdom.