BRITAIN'S CROWN COLONY TO “UNSINKABLE” FORTRESS of the East. Sir Stamford Raffles, then-Lieutenant-Governor of British Bencoolen in West Sumatra, founded Singapore in 1819 with the intent of breaking Dutch dominance in the region. Singapore was designed and run as a free port.
Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica–d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England)1 is known as the founder of modern Singapore.
Singapore had previously been established as a British colony since 1824, and had been governed as part of the Straits Settlements since 1826. The colony was created when the Straits Settlements was dissolved shortly after the Japanese occupation of Singapore ended in 1945.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore. "A far-sighted statesman and a lion among leaders, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's life teaches valuable lessons to everyone. News of his demise is saddening.
On 9 August 1965, Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. The separation was the result of deep political and economic differences between the ruling parties of Singapore and Malaysia, which created communal tensions that resulted in racial riots in July and September 1964.
Widely recognized as the founder of the port city of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' (1781-1826) path to Singapore wasn't effortless as one might imagine; and the recounting of his contribution would not be accurate without mentioning the other founder – William Farquhar (1774-1839), a native born Scotsman.
Thanks to their advanced tactics and training, the Japanese advanced with incredible speed pushing the unprepared British back to Singapore in a so-called 'bicycle blitzkrieg'. When they crossed the Johore straights and captured the Bukit Timah heights above Singapore itself, Percival was forced to surrender.
On 6 February 1819, Stamford Raffles, Temenggong Abdu'r Rahman and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor signed a treaty that gave the British East India Company (EIC) the right to set up a trading post in Singapore.
Singapore was once a penal colony for convicts shipped in from overseas. Bonny Tan documents how their humble service raised some of its famous buildings. Indian labourers, most likely former convicts, repairing a road in front of the since demolished Chartered Bank Building along Battery Road, circa 1900.
A founding father of the modern Singaporean state, his authoritarian political leadership transformed post-independence Singapore into a highly developed country and one of the four Asian Tigers.
Now an off-limits military training area, Pulau Sudong, an island off mainland Singapore's southern coast, was once home to the Orang Laut (Malay for "sea people"), who are indigenous to Singapore and are believed to be Singapore's first inhabitants.
Because of the ideal port location, Raffles and British East India Company made Singapore a free trading port. In the early 20th century, the colonial Singapore matured as an economy and developed as a society even that was also a centre for the movement of people and ideas.
Sir Stamford Raffles (born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam. —died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.) was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819), who was largely responsible for the creation of Britain's Far Eastern empire.
The city-state is 710 square kilometres and inhabited by five million people from four major communities; Chinese (majority), Malay, Indian and Eurasian. Since its independence in 9 August 1965, the country has adopted a parliamentary democracy system.
One of the key factors contributing to Singapore's economic miracle was its strategic location, which made it an ideal hub for international trade and commerce. The country's main exports include electronics, chemicals and services. Singapore is the regional hub for wealth management.
What did Churchill say about the fall of Singapore?
Winston Churchill described the fall of Singapore as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history.”1 On 15 February 1942, around 80,000 British, Indian and Australian soldiers surrendered to a Japanese force roughly half their size. Churchill was horrified.
When did British take back Singapore? Two weeks after the Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on the American battleship, Missouri, the Second World War officially ended. Singapore surrendered to the British military on September 12th, 1945.
In exchange, the British were obliged to provide monetary compensation for Sultan Hussein and Temenggong Abdul Rahman. The UK would need to respectively pay 5,000 Spanish dollars and 3,000 Spanish dollars every year to Sultan Hussein and Temenggong Abdul Rahman.
Yamashita, the Japanese commander, laid the blame on the British "underestimating Japanese military capabilities" and Percival's hesitancy in reinforcing the Australians on the western side of the island. A classified wartime report by Wavell released in 1992 blamed the Australians for the loss of Singapore.
Singapore previously had been under the sovereignty of the British Empire since the early 19th century. After gaining its independence from the British Empire in 1963, Singapore briefly joined the Federation of Malaysia, before breaking away for independent sovereignty in 1965.
Over-estimating the defensive nature of the jungle was a grave mistake that left the British-led forces completely outmaneuvered. In fact, a sea attack was so expected that, at huge expense in the 1930's, Singapore had been fortified with huge gun placements that pointed straight out to sea.
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