1929 in Malaya

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See also:	Other events of 1929; History of Malaysia • Timeline • Years

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

Central level

Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford

State level

Perlis :
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
Johore :
- Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
Kedah :
- Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
Terengganu :
- Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
Penang :
- Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
Malacca :
- Residents-Councillor :
  - Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
  - Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
  - James William Simmons^[1]
- 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 :
- British Residents of Perak :^[1]
  - Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
  - Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane
- Sultan of Perak : Iskandar

Events

3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, , 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

22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (died 1973)
25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, first Chief Justice of Malaysia (died 2009)^[4]
5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (died 2011)
25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (died 2021)
18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (died 2017)

Deaths

References

^ ^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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[list-1] "Malay States". World Statesman. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[2] "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. pp. 3665–3682.

[3] Neil Wilson (1 September 2000). AAA Essential Malaysia. Simon & Schuster. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8442-0132-0.

[4] "Hamid Omar Remembered". The Sun Daily (Malaysia). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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