1944 in Malaya

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1944; Timeline of Malaysian history;

1944 In Malaya. Malaya under Japanese occupation.

Events

Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" acronym.

15 January - Syed Hamid Albar - Politician
27 January - Adenan Satem - 5th Chief Minister of Sarawak (died 2017)
4 February - Punch Gunalan - Badminton player (died 2012)
20 February - Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin - Politician
6 June - Abdul Rahim bin Mohd. Noor - 5th Inspector General of Police
27 July - Abdul Hamid Pawanteh - Politician
12 August - Rustam A. Sani - University Malaya lecturer (died 2008)
22 August - Syed Razak Bin Syed Zain Barakhbah - Politician and former Menteri Besar of Kedah (1999-2005)
7 December - Mustafa Ali - Politician

Years in Malaysia
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
Years in British Malaya	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Years in Federation of Malaya	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1944 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bhutan Ceylon China Egypt Iran Iraq Japan Lebanon Nepal Oman Philippines Saudi Arabia Sikkim Soviet Union Thailand Transjordan Turkey North Yemen
States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Mongolia Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Tibet Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Bahrain British India British Malaya Brunei Colony of Aden Cyprus French India French Indochina Kuwait Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Syria Taiwan