← 1928 1927 1926 1929 in Malaya → 1930 1931 1932
Decades:	1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1929 History of Malaysia  • Timeline  • Years

This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.

Incumbent political figures

Central level

• Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford

State level

• Perlis :
  • Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
• Johore :
  • Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
• Kedah :
  • Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
• Kelantan :
  • Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
• Terengganu :
  • Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
• Selangor :
  • British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
  • Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
• Penang :
  • Residents-Councillor : Meadows Frost
• Malacca :
  • Residents-Councillor :
    • Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
    • Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
• Negri Sembilan :
  • British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
    • James William Simmons^[1]
  • Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
• Pahang :
  • British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
  • Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah^[1]
• Perak :
  • British Residents of Perak :^[1]
    • Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
    • Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane
  • Sultan of Perak : Iskandar

Events

• 3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V of the United Kingdom in the 1929 Birthday Honours.^[2]
• date unknown – John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.^[3]

Births

• 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (died 1973)
• 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, first Chief Justice of Malaysia (died 2009)^[4]
• 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (died 2011)
• 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (died 2021)
• 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (died 2017)

Deaths