1956 in Malaya

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Unknown date - Catholic High School, Malaysia in Petaling Jaya is founded by Rev. Bro. Philippe Wu of the Marist Brothers.

8 February - The Treaty of London 1956 was signed to set up the independent Federation of Malaya
20 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman announced in Malacca Town after he returned from London that Malaya would become independent on 31 August 1957.
March - The Rural and Industrial Development Authority (RIDA) Training Centre (Dewan Latehan RIDA) was established.
March - Reid Commission is established for drafting the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya .
22 June - Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka was established as Balai Pustaka in Johor Bahru.
22 June - Pipeline ambush.
1 July - The Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) was established.^[1].
24 October - Malayan Party was established by Tan Gee Gak.^[2]
22 November-8 December - Malaya competed for the first time in 1956 Olympic Games at Melbourne, Australia. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.
28 December - Baling Talks is held to attempt resolve Malayan Emergency.

1 January - Mona Fandey - Singer and witchcraft involved in murder Mazlan Idris in 1993 (died by hanging 2001)
8 February - Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain - Raja Di-Hilir Perak
2 May - Mohamad bin Hasan - Politician
10 July - K. Rajagopal - Coach and footballer
11 September - Mohd Hatta Ramli - Politician
2 November - Arif Shah Omar Shah - Politician
15 November - Ong Ka Ting - Politician
27 November - Sultan Nazrin Muizuddin Shah - 35th Sultan of Perak

↑ "Penubuhan". Retrieved 19 February 2006.
↑ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp742–743

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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