1958 in Malaya

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See also: Other events of 1958 Timeline of Malaysian history

1958 in Malaya
1 year of the nationhood

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan

Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan

Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj

Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim

Sultan of Kedah:

Sultan Badlishah (until 1958)

Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (from 1958)

Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ibrahim

Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra

Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah

Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar

Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)

Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Munawir (Regent)

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

February - Sulaiman Courts, Malaya first residential flats is opened.

May - The Klang Gates Dam is opened as first water reservoir dam in Klang Valley.

1 June - The Royal Malayan Air Force (RMAF) is established.

18-26 July - Malaya competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales and achieve 2 silver medals in weightlifting.

26 August - The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed.

6 December - The Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad made the first foreign leader visit to Malaya.

7 January – Yasmin Ahmad – award -winning film director

22 November – Tunku Ibrahim Ismail - Tunku Mahkota of Johor

13 July – Sultan Badlishah of Kedah

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