1959 in Malaya

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(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Unknown date – Pahang FA was founded.^[1]
January – La Salle School, Petaling Jaya was established by De La Salle Brothers.^[2]
26 January – The Central Bank of Malaya (Bank Negara Tanah Melayu) is founded.^[3]
19 February – Election Offences (Amendment) Ordinance 1959 was enacted.
20 February – Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is installed as Sultan of Kedah
11 March – The Malayan Federation Royal Police Memorial Monument at Police Training Academy (now PULAPOL) Kuala Lumpur was officialized.
1 April – Prevention of Crime Act 1959 was enacted.^[4]
24 April – The last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council before being replaced by the Malayan Parliament.
1 May – Immigration Ordinance 1959 was enacted.^[5]
8 May – Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur of Johor died at the age of 86 in London, England. His body was brought back to Johor and laid to rest at Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Johor Bahru. His son, Tunku Ismail was proclaimed as the 23th Sultan of Johor and 3rd in the modern Sultan of Johor.
19 August – The 1959 General Elections is held for the first time since independence on 31 August 1957.
12 September – The first Malayan Parliament opens by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
12 - 17 December – Malaya competed for the first time and first edition of SEA Games in 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games which held in Bangkok, Thailand. Malaya team achieved with 8 gold medal, 15 silver medal, 11 bronze medal and overall rank at third.

6 January - Adnan Abu Hassan - Composer and musician (died 2016)
5 February - Azhar Mansor - First Malaysian sailoring around the world
11 April - Md Sirat Abu - Politician
7 May - Jamal Abdillah - Singer
13 July - Fuziah Salleh - Politician
30 July - Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah - Tengku Mahkota Pahang (Crown Prince)
6 August - Wan Mohamad Nazarie b. Wan Mahmood - Commissioner of Prison (Operation)
14 August - Raja Zarith Sofiah - Permaisuri of Johor
15 September - Bung Mokhtar Radin - Politician
4 October - Nashrudin Elias (Nash) - Singer and musician
14 October - Husam Musa - Politician
4 November - Zainal Abidin Mohamad - Singer
3 December - Jemilah Mahmood - Physician, humanitarian activist and founder of Mercy Malaysia
13 December - Imuda - Actor and comedian

↑ Admin. "Latar Belakang". www.pahangfa.com (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-08-05.
↑ "SMK La Salle, PJ". SMK La Salle, PJ. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
↑ "About the Bank | Bank Negara Malaysia | Central Bank of Malaysia". www.bnm.gov.my. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
↑ "Malaysia - Prevention of Crime Act 1959 [Act 297].". www.ilo.org. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
↑ "Malaysia - Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155).". www.ilo.org. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

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

1959 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia Ceylon China Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaya Mongolia Nepal Oman East Pakistan West Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Singapore Soviet Union Syria Thailand Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam North Yemen
States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain Brunei Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colony of Aden Cyprus Kuwait

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