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    1929 in Malaya

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    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.

    Incumbent political figures

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    Central level

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    • Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford

    State level

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    • Perlis Perlis :
      • Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
    • Johor Johore :
      • Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
    • Kedah Kedah :
      • Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
    • Kelantan Kelantan :
      • Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
    • Terengganu Terengganu :
      • Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
    • Selangor Selangor :
      • British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
      • Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
    • Penang Penang :
      • Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
    • Malacca Malacca :
      • Residents-Councillor :
        • Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
        • Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
    • Negeri Sembilan Negri Sembilan :
      • British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
        • James William Simmons[1]
      • Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
    • Pahang Pahang :
      • British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
      • Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah[1]
    • Perak Perak :
      • British Residents of Perak :[1]
        • Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
        • Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane
      • Sultan of Perak : Iskandar

    Events

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    • 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

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    • 17 January – Tan Boon Teik, 2nd Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
    • 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (d. 1973)
    • 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)[4]
    • 28 March – Ong Pang Boon, Singaporean politician
    • 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (d. 2011)
    • 12 July – Usman Awang, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2001)
    • 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (d. 2021)
    • 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017)

    Deaths

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    • 16 November – Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, Malay ulama (b. 1868)

    See also

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    • 1929
    • History of Malaysia

    References

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    1. ^ a b c "Malay States". World Statesman. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
    2. ^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. pp. 3665–3682.
    3. ^ Neil Wilson (1 September 2000). AAA Essential Malaysia. Simon & Schuster. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8442-0132-0.
    4. ^ "Hamid Omar Remembered". The Sun Daily (Malaysia). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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