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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 :
* Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
* Johore :
* Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
* Kedah :
* Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
* Kelantan :
* Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
* Terengganu :
* Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
* Selangor :
* British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
* Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
* Penang :
* Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
* Malacca :
* Residents-Councillor :
* Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
* Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
* Negri Sembilan :
* British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
* James William Simmons[1]
* Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
* 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

## 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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