Events
- February - Sulaiman Courts, Malaya first residential flats is opened.
- May - The Klang Gates Dam is opened as first water reservoir dam in Klang Valley
- 1 June - The Royal Malayan Air Force (RMAF) is established.
- 26 August - The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed.
- 6 December - The Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad made the first foreign leader visit to Malaya.
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