1963 in Malaysia

1963 in Malaysia
6 years of the nationhood

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 (until 4 January)
  • Sultan Idris Shah II (from 5 January)
• 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 (until Ogos)
  • Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (from Ogos)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Datu Mustapha
• Yang di-Pertuan Negara (Governor) of Singapore: Yusuf Ishak

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Events

• May - A&W's first store in Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road.
• June - Shah Alam is established as a planned city.
• 27 July - The Malaysia-Indonesia confrontation began. The war breaks out.
• 31 August - The Muzium Negara (National Museum) officially opened.
• 16 September – Federation of Malaysia formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak.
  • 7:30 am - The proclamation of Malaysia are held in Kuala Lumpur (Peninsula Malaysia), Singapore, Kuching (Sarawak) and Kota Kinabalu (Sabah).
• 16 November - The National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara) was officially opened.
• 21 November - The Malaysian Houses of Parliament officially opened.
• 28 December - The launch of Television Malaysia by Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Sports

Births

July 7 - Jamal Jamaluddin Sinar Fm radio announcer

Deaths

• Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak
• Charles Vyner Brooke - Last White Rajah of Sarawak

See also

• 1963
• 1962 in Malaysia | 1964 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia