1963 in Malaysia
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1963 in Malaysia
6 years of the nationhood
Map of the states of Malaysia
Flag of Malaysia (since 1963)
The Muzium Negara.
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 Indonesia–Malaysia 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 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.
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
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