1958 in Malaya

1958 in Malaya
1 year of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim
• Sultan of Kedah:
  • Sultan Badlishah (until 1958)
  • Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (from 1958)
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ibrahim
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Munawir (Regent)
• 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 - Sulaiman Courts, Malaya first residential flats is opened.
• May - The Klang Gates Dam is opened as first water reservoir dam in Klang Valley
• 1 June - The Royal Malayan Air Force (RMAF) is established.
• 26 August - The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed.
• 6 December - The Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad made the first foreign leader visit to Malaya.

Births

• Tunku Ibrahim Ismail - Tunku Mahkota of Johor
• Tengku Abdullah - Tengku Mahkota of Pahang
• Yasmin Ahmad – award -winning film director

Deaths

• Sultan Badlishah of Kedah

See also

• 1958
• 1957 in Malaysia | 1959 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia