1961 in Malaya
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1961 in Malaya
4 years of the nationhood
Contents
Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budririah of Perlis
- Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
- Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak
State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
- Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
- Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
- Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh
- (Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)
Events
- 4 January - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is installed as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- 20 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman plans to form a new federation called Malaysia by the merger of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, and Sarawak.
- 9 March - International Quran Reading Competition is held for the first time.
- 1 May - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
- 28 June - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is crowned as the 8th Sultan of Selangor.
- 13 August - The construction of Malacca State Legislative Assembly in Malacca City, Malacca.
Sports
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Births
- Dato' Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein - Malaysian politician
- Lim Guan Eng - Penang Chief Minister (2008–present)
Deaths
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