1938 in Malaya
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1938, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
Incumbent political figures
[edit]Central level
[edit]- Governor of Federated of Malay States :
- Federal Secretaries of the Federated of Malay States :
- Governor of Straits Settlements :
State level
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Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Trengganu :
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : Stanley Wilson Jones
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
Penang :
- Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan : Gordon Lupton Ham
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak : G. E. Cater
- Sultan of Perak :
- Sultan Iskandar Shah (until unknown date)
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah (from unknown date)
Events
[edit]- Unknown date – Kesatuan Melayu Muda was established (dissolved in 1945).[1]
Births
[edit]- 4 January – Mohamed Rahmat – Politician (died 2010)
- 1 April – Ananda Krishnan – Businessman and billionaire
- 4 April – Naaman bin Haji Mohd Rawi – Poet
- 15 April – Abdul Rahman Abbas – Politician
- 1 May - Hamid Bin Mohamed Isa (died 2020)
- 3 June – Ooi Eow Jin – Composer
- 10 June – Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin – Politician
- 10 July – M. Daud Kilau – Singer
- 26 August – Dayang Sofia – Actress
- 8 September – Kuswadinata – Actor (died 2013)
- 19 September – Kassim Masdor – Composer (died 2014)
- 11 November – Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Hamid – 9th Chief Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces
- 11 November – Daim Zainuddin – Politician
- 6 December – Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam – Chief Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Deaths
[edit]- 31 March – Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, fifth Sultan of Selangor (1898-1938)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Wahid; Khoo, Kay Kim; Muhd Yusof bin Ibrahim; Singh, D.S. Ranjit (1994). Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah Sejarah Tingkatan 2. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. pp. 208–209. ISBN 983-62-1009-1.
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