1938 in Malaya
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1938, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
Incumbent political figures
Central level
- Governor of Federated of Malay States :
- Federal Secretaries of the Federated of Malay States :
- Governor of Straits Settlements :
State level
Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Trengganu :
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : Stanley Wilson Jones
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
Penang :
Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan : Gordon Lupton Ham
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak : G. E. Cater
- Sultan of Perak :
- Sultan Iskandar Shah (until unknown date)
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah (from unknown date)
Events
- Unknown date – Kesatuan Melayu Muda was established (dissolved in 1945).[1]
Births
- 4 January – Mohamed Rahmat – Politician (died 2010)
- 1 April – Ananda Krishnan – Businessman and billionaire
- 4 April – Naaman bin Haji Mohd Rawi – Poet
- 15 April – Abdul Rahman Abbas – Politician
- 1 May - Hamid Bin Mohamed Isa (died 2020)
- 3 June – Ooi Eow Jin – Composer
- 10 June – Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin – Politician
- 10 July – M. Daud Kilau – Singer
- 26 August – Dayang Sofia – Actress
- 8 September – Kuswadinata – Actor (died 2013)
- 19 September – Kassim Masdor – Composer (died 2014)
- 11 November – Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Hamid – 9th Chief Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces
- 11 November – Daim Zainuddin – Politician
- 6 December – Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam – Chief Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Deaths
- 31 March – Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, fifth Sultan of Selangor (1898-1938)
See also
References
- ^ Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Wahid; Khoo, Kay Kim; Muhd Yusof bin Ibrahim; Singh, D.S. Ranjit (1994). Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah Sejarah Tingkatan 2. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. pp. 208–209. ISBN 983-62-1009-1.
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