- 1961 in Malaya
1961 in Malaysia
4 years of the nationhoodIncumbents
Federal level
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong :Tuanku Syed Putra ofPerlis
*Raja Permaisuri Agong :Tuanku Budririah ofPerlis
*Prime Minister:Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
*Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razaktate level
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Sultan of Johor :Sultan Ismail
*Sultan ofKedah :Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan ofKelantan :Sultan Yahya Petra
*Raja ofPerlis :Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
*Sultan of Perak :Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
*Sultan ofPahang :Sultan Abu Bakar
*Sultan of Selangor :Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan ofTerengganu :Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar ofNegeri Sembilan :Tuanku Munawir
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofPenang :Raja Tun Uda
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofMalacca :Tun Leong Yew Koh :"(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)"
Events
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4 January -Tuanku Syed Putra ofPerlis is installed as the thirdYang di-Pertuan Agong .
*20 February -Tunku Abdul Rahman plans to form a new federation called Malaysia by the merger of Malaya,Singapore ,Sabah ,Brunei , andSarawak .
*9 March -International Quran Reading Competition is held for the first time.
*1 May - Alandslide occurred inRinglet ,Cameron Highlands ,Pahang .
*28 June -Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is crowned as the 8thSultan of Selangor .ports
Births
*Dato' Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein - Malaysian politician
Deaths
See also
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1961
*1960 in Malaysia |1962 in Malaysia
*History of Malaysia
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