1961 in Malaya

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(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

4 January - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is installed as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
20 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman plans to form a new federation called Malaysia by the merger of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, and Sarawak.
9 March - International Quran Reading Competition is held for the first time.
17 April – Tuanku Munawir of Negeri Sembilan is installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
1 May - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
28 June - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is crowned as the 8th Sultan of Selangor.
July – Control of Supplies Act 1961 was enacted.
17 July – Sultan Yahya Petra is crowned as the Sultan of Kelantan.
13 August - The construction of Malacca State Legislative Assembly in Malacca City, Malacca.
21 September - Kidnapping Act 1961 was enacted.
30 October–18 November – The 13th Meeting of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee is held in Kuala Lumpur.
November – Actor and singers, P. Ramlee marries Singapore-born actor and singer, Saloma.

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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