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1946 in Malaya

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Decades:
  
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

See also:
  
Other events of 1946 Timeline of Malaysian history

1946 in Malaya

Events

  • 16 January - A Chinese vegetable gardener named Foong Mok killed nine people in Boyan, a kampong near Taiping, Perak. He was subsequently sent to hospital for observation and found to be insane.
  • 1 April - Malayan Union is established, replacing British Military Administration (BMA)
  • 11 May - United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is founded at Istana Besar, Johor Bahru, Johor. Dato Onn Jaafar becomes first president.

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