1938 in British Malaya
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1938, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
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Incumbent political figures
Central level
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 : Stanley Wilson Jones
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
Penang :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors : Arthur Mitchell Goodman
- Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan : Gordon Lupton Ham
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
Perak :
- British Residents of Perak : G. E. Cater
- Sultan of Perak :
- Sultan Iskandar Shah (until unknown date)
- Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah (from unknown date)
Events
- Unknown date â Kesatuan Melayu Muda was established (dissolved in 1945).[1]
Births
- 4 January â Mohamed Rahmat â Politician (died 2010)
- 1 April â Ananda Krishnan â Businessman and billionaire
- 4 April â Naaman bin Haji Mohd Rawi â Poet
- 15 April â Abdul Rahman Abbas â Politician
- 29 April â Daim Zainuddin, Politician and Businessman (died 2024)
- 1 May - Hamid Bin Mohamed Isa (died 2020)
- 3 June â Ooi Eow Jin â Composer
- 10 June â Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin â Politician (died 2020)
- 10 July â M. Daud Kilau â Singer
- 26 August â Dayang Sofia â Actress
- 8 September â Kuswadinata â Actor (died 2013)
- 19 September â Kassim Masdor â Composer (died 2014)
- 11 November â Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Hamid â 9th Chief Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces
- 6 December â Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam â Chief Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Deaths
- 31 March â Sulaiman of Selangor, 5th Sultan of Selangor (b. 1863).
- 14 August â Iskandar of Perak, 30th Sultan of Perak (b. 1876).
- 22 August â Chee Swee Cheng, businessman and banker (b. 1866).
