1929 in British Malaya

none 1929 This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans. Incumbent political figures Central level Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford State level Perlis Perlis : Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail Johor Johore : Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur Kedah Kedah : Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah Kelantan Kelantan : Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail Terengganu 1933 Terengganu : Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah Selangor pre-1965 Selangor : British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Penang 1946 Penang : Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost Malacca 1946 Malacca : Residents-Councillor : Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April) Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April) Negeri Sembilan Negri Sembilan : British Residents of Negri Sembilan : James William Simmons Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah Pahang Pahang : British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah Perak Perak : British Residents of Perak :http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Malay_states.htm Malay States World Statesman 30 July 2019 Henry Wagstaffe Thomson Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane Sultan of Perak : Iskandar Events 3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V in the 1929 Birthday Honours.33501 31 May 1929 3665–3682 y yes date unknown – John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.Neil Wilson AAA Essential Malaysia https://books.google.com/books?id=exfX50B6c9wC 1 September 2000 Simon & Schuster 978-0-8442-0132-0 93 Births 17 January – Tan Boon Teik, 2nd Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012) 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (d. 1973) 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)http://www.thesundaily.my/node/151780 Hamid Omar Remembered The Sun Daily (Malaysia) 1 September 2009 11 February 2018 12 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083645/http://www.thesundaily.my/node/151780 dead 28 March – Ong Pang Boon, Singaporean politician 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (d. 2011) 12 July – Usman Awang, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2001) 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (d. 2021) 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017) Deaths 16 November – Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, Malay ulama (b. 1868) References 1929 in Category:1920s in British Malaya British Malaya