1929 in Malaya
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
Incumbent political figures
[edit]Central level
[edit]- Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford
State level
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Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Terengganu :
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
Penang :
- Malacca :
- Residents-Councillor :
- Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
- Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
- Residents-Councillor :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah[1]
Perak :
Events
[edit]- 3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V of the United Kingdom in the 1929 Birthday Honours.[2]
- date unknown – John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.[3]
Births
[edit]- 17 January – Tan Boon Teik, 2nd Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
- 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (d. 1973)
- 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)[4]
- 28 March – Ong Pang Boon, Singaporean politician
- 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (d. 2011)
- 12 July – Usman Awang, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2001)
- 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (d. 2021)
- 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017)
Deaths
[edit]- 16 November – Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, Malay ulama (b. 1868)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Malay States". World Statesman. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. pp. 3665–3682.
- ^ Neil Wilson (1 September 2000). AAA Essential Malaysia. Simon & Schuster. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8442-0132-0.
- ^ "Hamid Omar Remembered". The Sun Daily (Malaysia). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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