1961 in Malaya
4 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budririah of Perlis
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• 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 Yahya Petra
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir
• 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

• 4 January - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is installed as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 20 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman plans to form a new federation called Malaysia by the merger of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, and Sarawak.
• 9 March - International Quran Reading Competition is held for the first time.
• 1 May - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
• 28 June - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is crowned as the 8th Sultan of Selangor.

Sports

Births

• Dato' Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein - Malaysian politician
• Lim Guan Eng - Penang Chief Minister (2008 present)

Deaths

See also

• 1961
• 1960 in Malaysia | 1962 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia