Facts: - residence: seri mutiara - order: 1st yang di-pertua negeri of penang - successor: syed sheh shahabudin othman muhammad abdul aziz abdul majid - death date: 17 october 1976 - predecessor: office established hamzah abdullah othman muhammad - office: 2nd selangor menteri besar of selangor 4th menteri besar of - spouse: raja saadah maslamah raja busu tengku badariah tengku puan nor - term end: 30 august 1967 march 1953 august 1955 - term start: 31 august 1957 july 1949 september 1954 - birth date: 1894 - name: raja uda raja muhammad - birth place: kuala langat , selangor - religion: islam Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of raja uda raja muhammad .
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raja tun sir uda bin raja muhammad , kbe , cmg , was a malaysian statesman during the country 's struggle for independence and its early years of nationhood .he was a civil servant under the british colonial administration , and eventually rose to important administrative positions within the government .upon the independence of malaya in 1957 , he became the first yang di-pertua negeri -lrb- governor -rrb- of penang , one of the two states in the federation without a hereditary ruler .raja uda was also the grandfather of malaysian political blogger raja petra kamaruddin .