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1972 in Malaysia
15 years of the nationhood
Incumbents
Federal level
State level
Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent) Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong) Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae
Events
- 31 January – Pacific Area Tourist Association Conference is held in Kuala Lumpur.
- 1 February – Kuala Lumpur was accorded city status. Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof became the first Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur).
- February – Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom makes her first official visit to Malaysia.
- March – Lee Kuan Yew visit to Malaysia, after Singapore separation from Malaysia in August 9 1965.
- 18 April – The Rajang Area Security Command (RASCOM) is established during Sarawak Communist Insurgency.
- 19 June – TV Pendidikan, Malaysia's first and the only educational TV network is officially launched.
- 2 - 11 August – Malaysia compete for the first time in 1972 Summer Paralympics at Heidelberg, West Germany with four competitors.
- 13 September – About 27 people were killed in a river ferry disaster at Kerian River of the Perak-Kedah border.
National Day
Theme
Masyarakat Adil
Births
- Victor Wong – Malaysian Chinese singers
- Eja (Siti Shahrizah bt Saifuddin) – Malaysian model and actress
- Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor – first Malaysian angkasawan (Cosmonaut)
- Kazim Elias – Malaysian preacher and Islamic consultant
Deaths
- Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof – first Lord Mayor (Datuk Bandar) of Kuala Lumpur,
See also
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