1953 in Malaya
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1953 in Malaya
Incumbents
Central Level
State Level
- Perlis :
- Johore :
- Kedah :
- 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 :
- 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 :
- 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 :
- Perak :
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
Deaths
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See also