1963 in Malaysia

1963 in Malaysia
6 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budririah of Perlis
*Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
*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 Yahya Petra
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
*Sultan of Perak:
**Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah (until 4 January)
**Sultan Idris Shah II (from 5 January)
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
**Tun Leong Yew Koh (until Ogos)
**Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (from Ogos)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Datu Mustapha
*Yang di-Pertuan Negara (Governor) of Singapore: Yusuf Ishak

:"(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)"

Events

*May - A&W's first store in Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road.
*June - Shah Alam is established as a planned city.
*27 July - The Malaysia-Indonesia confrontation began. The war breaks out.
*31 August - The Muzium Negara (National Museum) officially opened.
*16 September – Federation of Malaysia formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak.
*17 September - The governmental television stations began operations in Malaysia.
*16 November - Zoo Negara, Malaysia's national zoo was officially opened.
*21 November - The Malaysian Houses of Parliament officially opened.

ports

Births

Deaths

*Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak
*Charles Vyner Brooke - Last White Rajah of Sarawak

See also

* 1963
* 1962 in Malaysia | 1964 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia