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.
Incumbent political figures
Central level
- Governor of Federated of Malay States :
- Federal Secretary of the Federated of Malay States :
- Governor of Straits Settlements :
State level
Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Trengganu :
Selangor :
- 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 :
Penang :
- Malacca :
- Monarchs : King George VI
- Residents-Councillors :
Negri Sembilan :
- 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 :
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
Perak :
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
See also
References
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