1946 in Malaya
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See also: | Other events of 1946 History of Malaysia • Timeline • Years |
1946 in Malaya. Malaya under British Military Administration until replaced by Malayan Union from 1 April.
Incumbents
Central Level
- Governor of Malaya :
- Military Administration - (until 30 March)
- Edward Gent - (from 1 April)
State Level
Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Trengganu :
Selangor :
Penang :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Commissioner :
- Thomas John Norman Hilken (until unknown date)
- Sydney Noel King (from unknown date)
Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Commissioner : Edward Victor Grace Day
Negri Sembilan :
Pahang :
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
Perak :
- British Adviser of Perak : Arthur Vincent Aston (from unknown date)
- Sultan of Perak : Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah
Events
- Unknown date - Alice Smith School is founded. One of the oldest British international schools in Asia.
- Unknown date - Kelantan Football Association was founded as Kelantan Amateur Football Association.
- 16 January - A Chinese vegetable gardener named Foong Mok killed nine people in Boyan, a kampong near Taiping, Perak. He was subsequently sent to hospital for observation and found to be insane.
- 1 April - Malayan Union is established and formed Straits Settlements (except Singapore), Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States into single entity, replacing British Military Administration (BMA).
- 1 April - Civil Affairs Police Force (CAPF) was renamed to Malayan Union Police Force.
- 11 May - United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is founded at Istana Besar, Johor Bahru, Johor. Dato Onn Jaafar becomes first president.
- August - Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) was founded by John A. Thivy.
- 1 September - Malayan Meteorological Service was established before change name to Malaysian Meteorological Service in 1965.
- 14 December - All-Malaya Council of Joint Action (AMCJA) is founded but dissolved in 1948.
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Deaths
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