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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
Central level
State level
Perlis :
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
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Terengganu :
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Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
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Penang :
- Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
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 :
- James William Simmons[1]
- Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
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
- British Residents of Perak :[1]
Events
- 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
- 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
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "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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