1944 in Malaya

See also: Japanese occupation of Malaya

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See also:| Other events of 1944
History of Malaysia • Timeline • Years

This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1944, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans. Japanese forces continued to occupy Malaya.

## Events

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

* 11 January – WW2: Action of 11 January 1944
* 17 July – WW2: Action of 17 July 1944[1]

## Births

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* 15 January – Syed Hamid Albar[2] – Politician
* 27 January – Adenan Satem[3] – 5th Chief Minister of Sarawak (died 2017)
* 4 February – Punch Gunalan[4] – Badminton player (died 2012)
* 20 February – Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin – Politician
* 6 June – Abdul Rahim bin Mohd. Noor – 5th Inspector General of Police
* 27 July – Abdul Hamid Pawanteh – Politician
* 12 August – Rustam A. Sani – University Malaya lecturer (died 2008)
* 22 August – Syed Razak Bin Syed Zain Barakhbah – Politician and former Menteri Besar of Kedah (1999-2005)
* 7 December – Mustafa Ali – Politician
* Unknown date – Fazidah Joned – Singer (died 2001)
* Unknown date – Joseph Kurup – Politician
* Unknown date – Zami Ismail – Actor (died 2011)

## See also

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* 1944
* 1943 in Malaya | 1945 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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* 1949
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* 1952
* 1953
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1944 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   *   *   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Iran
* Iraq
*   * Japan
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Lebanon
*   *   *   *   *   * 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. ^ "Imperial Submarines". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
2. ^ Mandal, Sumit K. (2018). Becoming Arab: Creole Histories and Modern Identity in the Malay World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-19679-7.
3. ^ Online, NST (January 11, 2017). "Adenan Satem - A life remembered". New Straits Times. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
4. ^ "Datuk Punch Gunalan Passes Away | Malaysiasaya - Trendy & Today". Retrieved 2022-05-20.

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