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Singapore
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British Crown Colony government independent Lion City Sea Town self-government trading World War
By the 14th century, Singapore had become part of the mighty Sri Vijayan empire and was known as Temasek ("
").
During the 11th century, this small but strategically-placed island had earned a new name - "Singa Pura" ("
"). According to legend, a visiting Sri Vijayan prince saw an animal he mistook for a lion and Singapore's modern day name was born.
The
provided the next notable chapter in the Singapore story. During the 18th century, they saw the need for a strategic "halfway house" to refit, feed and protect the fleet of their growing empire, as well as to forestall (=verhindern) any advances by the Dutch in the region.
It was against this political backdrop that Sir Stamford Raffles established Singapore as a
station. The policy of free trade attracted merchants from all over Asia and from as far afield as the US and the Middle East. By 1824, just five years after the founding of modern Singapore, the population had grown from a mere 150 to 10,000.
In 1832, Singapore became the centre of
for the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore.
Singapore was again the scene of significant fighting during
2 when the Japanese overran the island in 1942. After the war, Singapore became a
. The growth of nationalism led to
in 1959 and on 9th August 1965, Singapore became an
republic.
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