1948 in Malaya

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Unknown date - Federal Legislative Council (Malaya) is established was the legislative body of the Federation of Malaya and the predecessor of the Malaysian Parliament.
Unknown date - Malayan Races Liberation Army is founded and dissolved in 1989.
Unknown date - Malaysian Red Crescent was founded as branches of the British Red Cross Society.
Unknown date - Melaka Warrior Monument is completed and unveiled.
Unknown date - Sedition Act 1948 is enacted.
Unknown date - Interpretation Acts 1948 is enacted.
Unknown date - Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR) is dissolved and replaced by Malayan Railways.
Unknown date - All-Malaya Council of Joint Action (AMCJA) is dissolved.

Early 1949 - British goverment banned Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS) together with several other political parties like PKMM and Hisbul Muslimin, accusing for having connection with Malayan Communist Party.

1 February - The Federation of Malaya is established replacing the Malayan Union.
18 February - Keeper of the Rulers' Seal is established.
16 June - 3 European estate managers are murdered at Sg. Siput, Perak, which led to the events on 19 June.
19 June - A state of emergency is declared in Malaya following Communist rebellions.
16 July - Leading Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) member Lau Yew is killed.
1 August - General Operations Force is founded as Jungle Squad.
6 October - Sir Henry Gurney is appointed High Commissioner of Malaya.
12 December - 25 civilians are killed by British soldiers at Batang Kali, Selangor.
December - Kachau Village in Selangor is torched by the British to smoke out Communist guerillas.

14 January - Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir - 11th Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan
17 January - Tajuddin Abdul Rahman - Politician
1 February - Mohd Effendi Norwawi - Politician
29 February - Khalid Salleh - Actor
23 June - Zakri Abdul Hamid - Scientist and academician
25 July - Rafeah Buang - Singer (died 2002)
28 August - Shaharuddin Abdullah - Footballer
19 December - Norlia Ghani - Actress

Years in Malaysia
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
Years in British Malaya	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Years in Federation of Malaya	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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