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Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan has stepped down as Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, marking that he was the first King of Malaysia to resign in history. 24 January: Sultan Abdullah of Pahang has been declared as the next Yang-Di Pertuan Agong after the decision was made in the Rulers Conference at Istana Negara. 14 September
The Cenotaph near the National Monument. The predecessor of the Tugu Negara is an interwar-era cenotaph originally erected by the colonial British administration on a 10m flat grass-covered ground on a roundabout adjoining Victory Avenue (now part of Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin) and Raja Road, close to the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and Railway Administration Building.
Highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia and Pahang. Unique plants and animals. One of Peninsular Malaysia's seven tallest mountains above 2,100 m (6,890 ft), known as the G7 among hikers. 10 Mount Korbu: Titiwangsa Mountains: Perak: 2,183 7,162 Highest peak in Perak and the whole Titiwangsa Range, second tallest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia ...
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) (English: His Excellency). Until the 18th century, the island of Penang was part of the Sultanate of Kedah. In 1786, the island was ceded by the sultan of Kedah to the East India Company, Francis Light representing the company. [1] Light renamed the island Prince of Wales Island.
Abdul Razak bin Hussein (Jawi: عبد الرزاق بن حسين; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the second prime minister of Malaysia from 1970 until his death in 1976. He also served as the first deputy prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970.
Selangor Museum was the de facto national museum pre-independence. [4] Selangor Museum was established in 1887 as an amateur affair by colonial civil servants. [5] It was taken over by the colonial government, and following the formation of the Federated Malay States in 1896, in 1904 it was administratively merged with the Perak Museum in Taiping as the Federated Malay States Museums under ...
31 August – Malaysia's national butterflies were recognized on a Malaysian stamp series. 7 September – The 50th anniversary of International Labour Organization was celebrated. 21 September – Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah was elected as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
The installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is a ceremony that formally marks the beginning of the reign of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the Malaysian head of state.. Since 1957, the rite has been a part of Malaysian history, with 13 such ceremonies held, first at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, and in the National Palace from 1980 onwards.