1958 in Malaya

none 1958 This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1958, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans. Incumbent political figures Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tunku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak State level Johor Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim Kedah Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Badlishah (until 1958) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (from 1958) Kelantan Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ibrahim Perlis Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra Perak Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah Pahang Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar Selangor pre-1965 Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong) Terengganu Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tunku Munawir (Regent) Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Uda Malacca Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh (Source: Malaysian Department of Informations) Events Early 1958 – Malaysian Ceylonese Congress was founded.http://mcc.org.my/history.pdf History of Malaysian Ceylonese Congress Vijayananthan Dato' G 2006 Malaysian Ceylonese Congress 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722233418/http://mcc.org.my/history.pdf 2011-07-22 dead 2017-08-05 February – Sulaiman Courts, Malaya's first residential flats were opened. 5–11 March – United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. May – The Klang Gates Dam, the first water reservoir dam in Klang Valley was opened. 24 May–1 June – Malaya competed in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan and won three bronze medals, in athletics, weightlifting and tennis.http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMQjsf8wGeRk1VeG1G2K50Cz Olympic Council of Asia : Games www.ocasia.org 2017-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20180228091942/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMQjsf8wGeRk1VeG1G2K50Cz 2018-02-28 dead 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 won two silver medals, in weightlifting. 26 August – The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed. 28 August – National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia was established by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. 28 August – The Elections Ordinance 1958 was enacted. 31 August – The first anniversary of the Federation of Malaya's independence was celebrated. 6 December – The Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first foreign leader to visit Malaya. 10 December – The 10th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was celebrated. Unknown date – Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School was founded by Miss Mary Glasgow.http://www.3people.org/bbbssoba/?page_id=96 https://web.archive.org/web/20090519031607/http://3people.org/bbbssoba/?page_id=96 dead May 19, 2009 Brief History of BBBS and School Song 2009-02-14 BBBSS Alumni Association (Old Boys' Association [OBA]) 2017-08-05 en-US Unknown date – Malacca Art Gallery was established.http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Selatan/20140415/ws_01/Melaka-hargai-seni-lukis Melaka hargai seni lukis Utusan Online 2017-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20170805183859/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Selatan/20140415/ws_01/Melaka-hargai-seni-lukis 2017-08-05 dead Unknown date – The Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Ordinance 1958 was enacted. Births 1 January – Eman Manan – Actor 6 January – Chef Wan – Celebrity chef 7 January – Yasmin Ahmad – Film director (died 2009) 27 January – Accapan – Actor and comedian 22 March – A. Rahman bin Mokhtar – Politician (died 2013) 27 May – Yunus Alif – Footballer and coach 9 July Jacob Joseph, football coach Abdul Latiff Ahmad, politician 10 July – Salleh Said Keruak, politician 28 July – Amy Search, singer 21 August – Idris Jala, politician and minister 2 September – Azlan Man, Menteri Besar of Perlis 22 November – Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Sultan of Johor and Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia 30 November – Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Menteri Besar of Johor 10 December – Ahmad Shabery Cheek, politician and minister 28 December – Raja Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah – Raja Kecil Sulung Perak Darul Ridzuan Unknown date – Rosli Khamis (Loloq) – Lyrics writer (died 2008) Unknown date – Zaidi Omar – Actor Deaths 13 July – Sultan Badlishah of Kedah See also 1958 1957 in Malaysia | 1959 in Malaysia History of Malaysia References 1958 Category:Years of the 20th century in Malaysia Malaya Category:1950s in Malaya Malaya