1969 in Malaysia

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1969 in Malaysia
12 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

State level

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Tengku Mahmud (Regent)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
- Tun Abang Haji Openg (until February)
- Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman (from February)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

Events

10 May – The 1969 Malaysian General Elections
13 May – Race riots occur in Kuala Lumpur and several parts of Klang Valley. 196 people were killed between 13 May until 31 July.
16 May – May 13th Incident:
- The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah declared the state of emergency and dissolved the parliament.
17 May – May 13th Incident:
- The National Operations Council (NOC) (Majlis Gerakan Negara (MAGERAN)) is established and act as a temporary legislative council.
18 May – May 13th Incident:
- The Refugee Centres for race riot victims has been set up in Kuala Lumpur such as Merdeka Stadium, TPCA Stadium, Chinwoo Stadium and Jalan Shaw School.
24 July – Communist terrorist killed Chinese woman from her house in the small isolated mining village of Sintok, Kedah.
11 October – Radio Malaysia and Television Malaysia merged into one broadcasting service Radio Television Malaysia.
25 October – Communist terrorist mined a stretch of the Changlun-Sadao road on the Malaysia-Thailand border and tried unsuccessfully to ambush a Malaysian security forces motorised convoy using the roadm
17 November – RTM2 is launched from Angkasapuri, Kuala lumpur.
10 December – Communist terrorist launched its first sabotage incident when they blew up the railway bridge at Kok Mak near Malaysian border town of Padang Besar in Perlis.
26 December – Pahang warrior, Mat Kilau came out in the open, accompanied by his son, Omar Mat Kilau, and announced his true identity at the Pulau Tawar Mosque near Jerantut.

v t e 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.
Years in British Malaya	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Years in Federation of Malaya	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

1969 in Malaysia

Incumbents

Federal level

State level

Events

Sports

Births

Deaths

See also