1929 in Malaya
This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
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Incumbent political figures
Central level
State level
Perlis :
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
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Terengganu :
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Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
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Penang :
- Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
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Malacca :
- Residents-Councillor :
- Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
- Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
- Residents-Councillor :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- James William Simmons[1]
- Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah[1]
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak :[1]
- Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
- Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane
- Sultan of Perak : Iskandar
- British Residents of Perak :[1]
Events
- 3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V of the United Kingdom in the 1929 Birthday Honours.[2]
- date unknown – John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.[3]
Births
- 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (died 1973)
- 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, first Chief Justice of Malaysia (died 2009)[4]
- 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (died 2011)
- 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (died 2021)
- 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (died 2017)
See also
References
- "Malay States". World Statesman. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. pp. 3665–3682.
- Neil Wilson (1 September 2000). AAA Essential Malaysia. Simon & Schuster. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8442-0132-0.
- "Hamid Omar Remembered". The Sun Daily (Malaysia). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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