1963 in Malaysia

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This article lists important figures and events in Malayan and Malaysian public affairs during the year 1963, together with births and deaths of significant Malaysians. The Federation of Malaya merged with Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budriah of Perlis
• Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Datuk Abdul Razak
• Lord President: James Beveridge Thomson

State level

• Johor
  • Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
  • Menteri Besar of Johor: Hassan Yunus
• Kedah
  • Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Kedah: Syed Omar Bin Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin
• Kelantan
  • Sultan Yahya Petra
  • Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Ishak Lotfi Omar
• Perlis
  • Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
    (Regent)
  • Menteri Besar of Perlis: Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim
• Perak
  • Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
    (until 4 January)
  • Sultan Idris Shah II
    (from 5 January)
  • Menteri Besar of Perak: Shaari bin Shafie
• Pahang
  • Sultan Abu Bakar
  • Menteri Besar of Pahang: Wan Abdul Aziz bin Engku Hj Abdullah
• Selangor
  • Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Selangor: Abu Bakar Baginda
• Terengganu
  • Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
    (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
  • Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ibrahim Fikri bin Mohammad
• Negeri Sembilan
  • Tuanku Munawir
  • Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Mohd Said Bin Muhammad
• Penang
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
  • Chief Minister of Penang: Wong Pow Nee
• Malacca
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:Tun Leong Yew Koh (until August)
  • Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (from August)
  • Abdul Ghafar bin Baba
• Sarawak
  • Tun Abang Haji Openg
  • Chief Minister of Sarawak: Stephen Kalong Ningkan
• Sabah
  • Tun Datu Mustapha
  • Chief Minister of Sabah: Fuad Stephens
• Singapore
  • Yang di-Pertuan Negara (Governor) of Singapore: Tun Yusof Ishak
  • Prime Minister of Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Events

• 21 March – Freedom from Hunger campaign was commemorated on a Malayan stamp.
• May –
  Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road
  .
• June – Shah Alam was established as a planned city.
• 26 June – The Cameron Highlands Hydroelectric Scheme was established.
• 27 July – The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation began. War broke out.
• 11 March – The National Language Act 1963 was gazetted.
• 31 August – The
  Muzium Negara
  (National Museum) officially opened.
• 16 September – The Federation of Malaysia was formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colonies of Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak.
  • 7:30am –
    Peninsula Malaysia), Singapore, Kuching (Sarawak) and Kota Kinabalu (Sabah
    ).
• 3 October – The 4th World Orchids Conference was held in Singapore.
• 26 October –
  Sultan Idris Shah was installed as the 33rd Sultan of Perak
  .
• 4 November – The 9th
  Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
  was held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 14 November – The National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara) was officially opened.
• 21 November – The Malaysian Houses of Parliament officially opened.
• 22 November - Malayan Film Unit (MFU) renamed as Filem Negara Malaysia (FNM).
• 28 December – The launch of
  Television Malaysia by Tunku Abdul Rahman
  .

• 9 February – Eric Moo – singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
• 7 July
  • Jamal Jamaluddin –
    Sinar FM
    radio announcer
  • Othman Abdul, politician
• 21 December – Chua Tian Chang, politician

Deaths

• 4 January –
  Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak
• 12 January –
  Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca (1957–1959) and former Minister of Justice
  (1959–1963)
• 11 February – Lim Lean Teng – Malaysian Chinese businessman and founder of Han Chiang High School
• 9 May –
  White Rajah of Sarawak
• 6 November
  Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia
  (1961–1963)

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