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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
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Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Hussein Onn

State level

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
Sultan of Pahang:
- Sultan Abu Bakar (until 7 May)
- Sultan Ahmad Shah (from 7 May)
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Fuad Stephens

Events

1 January – The pilling works for the KOMTAR building in Penang are completed.
28 January – The 1974 Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Agreement signed at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah with Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor.
1 February – Kuala Lumpur became an independent Federal Territory. Previously, it was part of the state of Selangor.
May – Barisan Nasional (National Front) (BN), Malaysia's largest party was formed replaced Parti Perikatan (Alliance Party).
June – Tun Abdul Razak visits China and meets its premier Mao Zedong.
7 June – Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim, an Inspector General of Police was assassinated by the communist rebels in Kuala Lumpur.
17 August – Petronas, first Malaysian petroleum and gas company was founded.
24 August – The 1974 Malaysian General Elections.
23 September –Student unrest in the University of Malaya (UM).
1 December – Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay: National Savings Bank) (BSN) was founded.

National Day

Theme

Sains dan Teknologi Alat Perpaduan

Sports

1 September - 16 September – Malaysia participates in the 1974 Asian Games, taking one Silver and five Bronze medals.

Births

9 February – Erra Fazira – beauty queen, model, singer and actress

Deaths

7 May – Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang
7 June – Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim - Inspector General of Police

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1974 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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