1960 in Malaya

1960 in Malaysia
3 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
**Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (until 4 April)
**Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor (from 14 April until 1 September)
**Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis (from 21 September)
*Raja Permaisuri Agong:
**Tuanku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan (until 4 April)
**Tengku Ampuan Jemaah of Selangor (from 14 April until 1 September)
**Tengku Budririah of Perlis (from 21 September)
*Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman
*Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan of Kelantan:
**Sultan Ibrahim (until November)
**Sultan Yahya Petra (from November)
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent from 21 September)
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
*Sultan of Selangor:
**Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah (Regent from 14 April until 1 September)
**Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (from 1 September)
*Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir (Regent until 4 April)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh

:"(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)"

Events

* February - The first FELDA settlers arrived in Lurah Bilut, Pahang.
* 10 February - Sultan Ismail is crowned as Sultan of Johor.
* 4 April - Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong dies. His body was brought back to Negeri Sembilan and laid to rest at Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Seri Menanti.
* 14 April - Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor become as the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
* 27 May - First Malayan Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca.
* 31 May - Malayan Banking Berhad was incorporated.
* 27 July - The Chinese Hibiscus become as the Malaysian national flower and renamed Bunga Raya.
* 31 July - The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor declared the state of emergency ends. A victory parade is held in Kuala Lumpur.
* 1 September - The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor died of a mysterious illness before his installation. His body was brought back to Selangor and laid to rest at royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang.
* 21 September - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is elected as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
* 5 October - Congo Peacekeeping Mission (1960-1962). Malaya sent 1,947 personnel were dispatched as part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo or ONUC.

ports

Births

* Ewe Paik Leong — writer and editor. He is listed in Malaysian Book of Records (1st and 2nd editions) as the "writer with the most short stories published on a freelance basis."

Deaths

*Tun Tan Cheng Lock — Founder of MCA
*Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan

See also

* 1960
* 1959 in Malaysia | 1961 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia