1929 in British Malaya

This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.

Decades:

1930s
1940s

See also:Other events of 1929
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1929
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Decades:

1930s
1940s

Incumbent political figures

Central level

Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford

State level

Perlis :
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
Johore :
- Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
Kedah :
- Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
Terengganu :
- Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
Penang :
- Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
Malacca :
- Residents-Councillor :
  - Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
  - Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
  - James William Simmons^[1]
- Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Muâtasim Billah^[1]
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak :^[1]
  - Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
  - Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane
- Sultan of Perak : Iskandar

Events

3 June â Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V of the United Kingdom in the 1929 Birthday Honours.^[2]
date unknown â John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.^[3]

Births

17 January â Tan Boon Teik, 2nd Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
22 March â P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (d. 1973)
25 March â Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)^[4]
28 March â Ong Pang Boon, Singaporean politician
5 April â David E. L. Choong, badminton player (d. 2011)
12 July â Usman Awang, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2001)
25 August â Salleh Abas, judge and politician (d. 2021)
18 December â Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017)

Deaths

16 November â Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, Malay ulama (b. 1868)