1953 in Malaya

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1953 in Malaya

Incumbents

Central Level

• Governor of Malaya :
  • Sir Gerald Templer
• Chief Minister of Malaya :
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra

State Level

• Perlis :
  • Raja of Perlis : Syed Harun Putra Jamalullail
  • Menteri Besar of Perlis : Raja Ahmad Raja Endut
• Johore :
  • Sultan of Johore : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
  • Menteri Besar of Johore : Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamed
• Kedah :
  • Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Badlishah
  • Menteri Besar of Kedah : Mohamad Sheriff Osman
• Kelantan :
  • Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ibrahim
  • Menteri Besar of Kelantan :
    • Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud (until unknown date)
    • Tengku Muhammad Hamzah Raja Muda Long Zainal Abidin (from unknown date)
• Trengganu :
  • Sultan of Trengganu : Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Trengganu : Raja Kamaruddin Idris
• Selangor :
  • Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
  • Menteri Besar of Selangor :
    • Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (until March)
    • Othman Mohamad (from March)
• Penang :
  • Monarchs : Queen Elizabeth II
  • Residents-Commissioner : Robert Porter Bingham
• Malacca :
  • Monarchs : Queen Elizabeth II
  • Residents-Commissioner :
• Negri Sembilan :
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
  • Menteri Besar Negri Sembilan :
    • Abdul Malek Yusuf (until 1 October)
    • Shamsuddin Naim (from 1 OCtober)
• Pahang :
  • Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
  • Menteri Besar of Pahang : Tengku Mohamad Sultan Ahmad
• Perak :
  • British Adviser of Perak : Ian Blelloch
  • Sultan of Perak : Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Perak : Abdul Wahab Toh Muda Abdul Aziz

Events

• Unknown date - Dato' Onn Jaafar dissolved Independence of Malaya Party and formed Parti Negara in 1954.
• Unknown date - Beatty Secondary School is established.
• Unknown date - Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council is established.
• Unknown date - Malaya and British Borneo dollar is introduced.
• Unknown date - Olympic Council of Malaysia is established as Federation of Malaya Olympic Council.
• Unknown date - Tanjong Katong Girls' School is established.
• Unknown date - Betting Act 1953 is enforced.
• Unknown date - Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 is enforced.
• Unknown date - Criminal Justice Act 1953 is enforced.
• 26 March - Opening Connaught Bridge Power Station by Sir Gerald Templer in Klang, Selangor.
• 10 April - People's Progressive Party is founded by D. R. Seenivasagam.
• 3 June - St. Gabriel's Secondary School is established by Brother Louis Gonzaga.
• 5 December - Local municipal election is held in George Town, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca.

Births

• 1 January - Azmil Mustapha – Actor
• 2 January - Mustaffa Noor – Actor (died 1990)
• 4 January – Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - Politician and 11th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (2015–present)
• 17 January - Nasir Ali – Actor (died 2008)
• 31 January - R. Arumugam – Footballer (died 1988)
• 14 February - Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin – Politician
• 1 April - S. Subramaniam – Politician
• 17 May - Ismail Omar – 9th Inspector General of Police
• 22 June - Santokh Singh – Footballer
• 26 June - Fauziah Nawi – Actor
• 2 July - Sharifah Aini – Singer (died 2014)
• 16 July - Ahmad Fuad Ismail – Mayor of Kuala Lumpur
• 23 July - Najib Razak – Sixth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia, also son of second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak
• 20 October - Awang Sariyan – Linguistics
• 26 October - Maximus Ongkili – Politician
• 13 November - Mokhtar Dahari – Footballer
• 16 November - Anifah Aman – Politician
• 23 November - Nasir P. Ramlee – Actor and son of P.Ramlee.

Unknown date

• Julie Dahlan – Actor (died 2015)
• Pandikar Amin Mulia – Politician and former Parliament speaker
• Roslan Md. Yusof – Politician

See also

• 1953
• 1952 in Malaya | 1954 in Malaya
• History of Malaysia