1950 in Malaya

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4 - 11 February - Malaya competed for the first time in the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Malaya team most success in weightlifting with 2 gold medals and 1 medals for silver and bronze respectively.
23 February - The Bukit Kepong Incident took place in Bukit Kepong, Muar, Johor.
25 March - Battle of Semur River.^[2]
March - Lt. Gen. Harold Rawdon Briggs was appointed Director of Operations in Malaya.

24 January - Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof – Director of Election Commission and Secretary of Ministry of Home Affair
11 February - Ainon Mohd – Writer
27 February - Azean Irdawaty – Actress and singer (died 2013)
5 March - Jamil bin Osman – Rector and CEO Kolej Universiti Insaniah, Kedah
10 April - Rahim Thamby Chik – Politician and former Chief Minister of Malacca
18 April - Adnan Yaakob – Menteri Besar of Pahang
4 August - Abang Johari Tun Openg – Politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak
18 August - Abu Bakar Chik – Politician
25 September - Mustapa Mohamed – Politician
27 September - Raja Petra Kamaruddin – Blogger
16 December - Yaakub bin Md Amin – Former Chairman Committee of State Education, Science & Technology and Human Resource Malacca

1 2 "GUERILLAS LOSE 22 IN JUNGLE BATTLE". West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). 1950-01-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
↑ "Wayback Machine". 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2017-08-01.

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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