1942 in Malaya

See also: Japanese occupation of Malaya

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See also:| Other events of 1942
History of Malaysia  • Timeline  • Years

This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1942, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans. Malaya was occupied by Japanese forces at this time.

## Events

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Below, the events of World War II have the "WW2" acronym

* 6–8 January – WW2: Battle of Slim River
* 11 January – WW2: Kuala Lumpur falls to the Imperial Japanese Army
* 14 January – WW2: Battle of Gemas
* 14–22 January – WW2: Battle of Muar
* 23 January – WW2: Parit Sulong Massacre
* 26–27 January – WW2: Battle off Endau
* 31 January – WW2: By this date, all of Malaya was under Japanese control.
* 12–15 February – WW2: Battle of Pasir Panjang
* 18 February-8 March – WW2: Sook Ching Massacre

## Births

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* 24 February – Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad[1] – Politician
* 20 March – Abdullah Hassan – Linguist
* 26 March – Muhammad Haji Salleh – Writer and National Sasterawan
* 15 April – Rais Yatim[2] – Politician
* 20 April – Khadijah Hashim[3] – Writer and author
* 28 April - Sarimah Ahmad – Actress
* 5 May – Shamsuri Arshad – Former Deputy Inspector General of Police
* 25 July – Wan Zahidi bin Wan Teh – Federal Territory mufti
* 31 August – Mahyon Ismail – Actor (died 2011)
* Unknown date – Hassan bin Ahmad – Penang mufti
* Unknown date – S. Jibeng – Singer (died 2006)

## Deaths

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* 14 February – Adnan Saidi – Malay warrior
* 18 July – Lim Kang Sek – Communist commander of the Dalforce
* 31 July – Adam Lim – Member of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party
* 9 August – Huang Cheng – Second highest ranking leader of the Malayan Communist Party
* 1 September – Li Zhenzhong – Member of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party

## See also

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* 1942
* 1941 in Malaya | 1943 in Malaya
* History of Malaysia

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Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.

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1942 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   *   *   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Iran
* Iraq
*   * Japan
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   *   *   *   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   *   *   * Thailand
*   * Transjordan
* Turkey
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Mongolia
*   *   *   *   *   * Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
* Tibet
* Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
* British India
*   * British Malaya
* Brunei
*   *   * Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
*   * French India
* French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   *   * Mandatory Palestine
* Mandatory Syria
* Taiwan

## References

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1. ^ "TAN SRI DATO' SERI MOHD RADZI BIN SHEIKH AHMAD @ [SRIDGE]: SILVER RIDGE HOLDINGS BHD | Corporate Figure or Shareholder". klse.i3investor.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
2. ^ "THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER OF MALAYSIA". MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
3. ^ "Khadijah Hashim". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

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