1932 in British Malaya
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1932, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
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Incumbent political figures
Central level
- Governor of Federated of Malay States :
- Chief Secretaries to the Government of the FMS :
- Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane (until unknown date)
- Andrew Caldecott (from unknown date)
- Governor of Straits Settlements :
State level
Perlis :
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail Sultan Muhammad IV
Trengganu :
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : G. E. Cater
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah
Penang :
- Monarchs : King George V
- Residents-Councillors : Percy Tothill Allen
- Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George V
- Residents-Councillors :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- James William Simmons (until unknown date)
- John Whitehouse Ward Hughes (from unknown date)
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : Hugh Goodwin Russell Leonard
- Sultan of Pahang :
- Sultan Abdullah al-Mu'tassim Billah (until unknown date)
- Sultan Abu Bakar (from unknown date)
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak :
- Bertram Walter Elles (until unknown date)
- G. E. Cater (from unknown date)
- Sultan of Perak : Sultan Iskandar Shah
- British Residents of Perak :
Events
- 23 November â Royal Malay Regiment was formed.
- Unknown date â Ho Hong Bank, OCB Bank and CCB Bank merged to form OCBC Bank.[1]
Births
- 2 February â Maria Menado â Actress
- 21 March â Wan Mokhtar Ahmad â Politician (died 2020)
- 8 April â Sultan Iskandar ibni Sultan Ismail â 4th modern Sultan of Johor (died 2010)
- 30 May â Abdul Ghani Gilong â Politician (died 2021)
- 7 November â Tuanku Siti Bainun binti Mohd Ali â 34th Raja Permaisuri of Perak
- Unknown date â Ahmad C â Actor (died 2010)
- Unknown date â Ahmad Daud â Actor (died 2002)
- Unknown date â Ani Arope â Corporate figure (died 2014)
- Unknown date â Ibrahim Pendek â Actor (died 2003)
- Unknown date â Ismail Hussein â Academician
- Unknown date â Kasma Booty â Actress (died 2007)
- Unknown date â Nordin Ahmad â Actor (died 1971)
- Unknown date â Normadiah â Actress (died 2000)
- Unknown date â Osman Zailani â Actor (died 2017)
- Unknown date â Raja Hamidah Raja Saat â Actress (died 2012)
- Unknown date â Rozhan Kuntom â Corporate figure (died 2014)
- Unknown date â Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail â Politician
- Unknown date â Zainal Abidin Safarwan â Academician
Deaths
- 1 April â Toh Ah Boon, Chinese community leader and one of the biggest landlords of Johor Bahru (b. 1860).[2]
- 22 June â Abdullah al-Muʽtassim Billah Shah of Pahang, 3rd Sultan of Modern Pahang (b. 1874).
- 26 October â Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, colonial administrator (b. 1876).[3]
