1937 in Malaya
This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1937, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
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Incumbent political figures
Central level
- Governor of Federated of Malay States :
- Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
- Federal Secretaries of the Federated of Malay States :
- Christopher Dominic Ahearne
- Governor of Straits Settlements :
- Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
State level
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
- Sultan of Kedah : Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail Sultan Muhammad IV
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- Sultan of Trengganu : Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
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- British Residents of Selangor :
- Theodore Samuel Adams (until unknown date)
- Stanley Wilson Jones (from unknown date)
- Sultan of Selangor :
- Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah (until unknown date)
- Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (from unknown date)
- British Residents of Selangor :
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- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors : Arthur Mitchell Goodman
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- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- John Whitehouse Ward Hughes (until unknown date)
- Gordon Lupton Ham (from unknown date)
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
- British Residents of Perak : G. E. Cater
- Sultan of Perak : Sultan Iskandar Shah
Events
- 1 April – Ma'ahad Muhammadi Lelaki established.
- Unknown date – Construction of Central Market, Kuala Lumpur completed.
Births
- 13 March – Fadzil Mohd Noor – Politician (died 2002)
- 28 March – Khoo Kay Kim – Historian
- 13 April – Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah – Politician
- 5 May – Hussein Abu Hassan – Actor (died 2007)
- 23 June – Kamaruzzaman bin Abdul Kadir – Writer (died 2005)
- 4 July – Abdullah Ahmad – Journalist
- 10 August – Saadiah – Actress (died 2005)
- 14 September – Abu Zahar bin Haji Isnin – Politician (died 2013)
- 30 October – Asaari Muhammad – Founder Al-Arqam (died 2010)
- 1 December – Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani – Politician (died 1997)
- 29 December – Mohd Khalil Yaakob – Politician
- Unknown date – Fadzil Mahmood – Politician
- Unknown date – Karim Latiff – Actor (died 2015)
Deaths
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References
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