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1971 in Malaysia

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Decades:
  
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

See also:
  
Other events of 1971 Timeline of Malaysian history

1971 in Malaysia
14 years of the nationhood

Contents

Federal level

  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
  • Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
  • Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
  • Deputy Prime Minister: Tun Dr Ismail

    • State level

  • Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
  • Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
  • Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
  • Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
  • Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
  • Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
  • Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
  • Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
  • Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (until August)
  • Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid (from August)
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

    • Events

  • 5 January – Kuala Lumpur hit by flash floods. 22 people were killed.
  • 5 February – The Parliament government is restored after it was suspended during the Incident of 13 May 1969.
  • 20 February – Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah is installed as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
  • 3 April – The Malaysia Airlines Systems (MAS) was founded.
  • 11 July – The Malaysian New Economic Policy is launched.
  • 9 September – The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, was founded.
  • December – The flash floods hit Temerloh, Pahang.

    • Theme

    Masyarakat Progressif

    Sports

  • 6 December - 13 December – 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

    • Births

  • Tuanku Siti Aishah of Selangor and 11th Raja Permaisuri Agong
  • Norashikin Abdul Rahman – Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) newscaster and current consort of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor.
  • Amy Mastura – Malaysian singers and actress
  • Chen Twu Bian – Malaysian Chinese
  • Hans Isaac – Malaysian entertainer
  • Wazi Abdul Hamid – Malaysian motorcycle cub prix rider
  • Azman Adnan –Malaysian footballer

    • References

    1971 in Malaysia Wikipedia
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