1963 in Malaysia

Decades:	; ; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1963; Timeline of Malaysian history;

1963 in Malaysia
6 years of the nationhood

Map of the states of Malaysia

Flag of Malaysia (since 1963)

Coat of arms of Malaysia (since 1963-1965)

Incumbents

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

May – A&W's first store in Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road.
June – Shah Alam is established as a planned city.
27 July – The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation began. The war breaks out.
31 August – The Muzium Negara (National Museum) officially opened.
16 September – Federation of Malaysia formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak.
- 7:30 am – The Proclamation of Malaysia are held in Kuala Lumpur (Peninsula Malaysia), Singapore, Kuching (Sarawak) and Kota Kinabalu (Sabah).
14 November – The National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara) was officially opened.
21 November – The Malaysian Houses of Parliament officially opened.
28 December – The launch of Television Malaysia by Tunku Abdul Rahman.

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v t e Years in Malaysia
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.
Years in Malaya	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 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