- 1899-11-19 — Birth of Yan Kee Leong, the first believer in Malaya, in Selangor, Malaysia.
- 1953-12-19 — Yan Kee Leong became a Bahá'í, the first person to accept the Faith in Malaya.
- 1954-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in the Malay Peninsula was established in Seremban.
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia (known as Malaya prior to 1963) was formed with its seat in Kuala Lumpur and comprising Malaya, Singapore, Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Prior to this time the area was under the guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, owing to the fact that the Guardian had entrusted the growth and development of the Faith to that assembly in 1950. [BW14p99; Bahaipedia Malaysia]
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