1960 in Malaya
3 years of the nationhood

Bunga Raya (Chinese Hibiscus)

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  • Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (until 4 April)
  • Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor (from 14 April until 1 September)
  • Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis (from 21 September)
• Raja Permaisuri Agong:
  • Tuanku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan (until 4 April)
  • Tengku Ampuan Jemaah of Selangor (from 14 April until 1 September)
  • Tengku Budririah of Perlis (from 21 September)
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan:
  • Sultan Ibrahim (until November)
  • Sultan Yahya Petra (from November)
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent from 21 September)
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan of Selangor:
  • Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah (Regent from 14 April until 1 September)
  • Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (from 1 September)
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir (Regent until 4 April)
• 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)

Events

• February - The first FELDA settlers arrived in Lurah Bilut, Pahang.
• 10 February - Sultan Ismail is crowned as Sultan of Johor.
• 4 April - Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong dies. His body was brought back to Negeri Sembilan and laid to rest at Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Seri Menanti.
• 14 April - Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor becomes the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 27 May - First Malayan Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca.
• 31 May - Malayan Banking Berhad was incorporated.
• 28 July - The Chinese Hibiscus become as the Malaysian national flower and renamed Bunga Raya.
• 31 July - The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor declared the state of emergency ends. A victory parade is held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 1 September - The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor died of a mysterious illness before his installation. His body was brought back to Selangor and laid to rest at royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang.
• 21 September - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is elected as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 5 October - Congo Peacekeeping Mission (1960 1962). Malaya sent 1,947 personnel were dispatched as part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo or ONUC.
• 25 October - The Kuala Lumpur British Royal Air Force base was officially handed over to the Malayan Royal Air Force.

Sports

Deaths

• Tun Tan Cheng Lock — Founder of MCA
• Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan

See also

• 1960
• 1959 in Malaysia | 1961 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia