Bandar Tun Razak was once a very small town in Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s, previously known as Kampung Konggo (or Congo Village).
Kampung Konggo was renamed as Bandar Tun Razak on February 1, 1984 by the fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Federal Territory.