Singapore City 1°18′N103°51′E / 1.30°N 103.85°E / 1.30; 103.85
Official language and national language
English
Common languages
Chinese
Malay
Tamil
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1946–1952
George VI
• 1952–1963
Elizabeth II
Governor[1]
• 1946–1952
Sir Franklin Gimson
• 1952–1955
Sir John Fearns Nicoll
• 1955–1957
Sir Robert Black
• 1957–1959
Sir William Goode
• 1959–1963
Yusof Ishak
Chief Minister[2]
• 1955–1956
David Marshall
• 1956–1959
Lim Yew Hock
• 1959–1963
Lee Kuan Yew
Legislature
Legislative Council (1946–1955) Legislative Assembly (1955–1963)
Historical era
British Empire · Cold War
• Dissolution of the Straits Settlements
1 April 1946
• Labuan transferred to North Borneo
15 July 1946
• The Colony of Singapore being conferred city status by King George VI
1951
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands transferred to Australia
23 November 1955
• Christmas Island transferred to Australia
1 October 1958
• Autonomy within the British Empire
1959
• Merger with the Federation of Malaysia
16 September 1963
Currency
British Malayan Dollar (1946–1953)
Malaya and British Borneo dollar (1953–1963)
Time zone
UTC+07:30 (Malaya Standard Time)
Date format
dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side
left
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Military Administration (Malaya)
Straits Settlements
State of Singapore (Malaysia)
Crown Colony of North Borneo
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island
Today part of
Singapore Australia Malaysia
Notes
^ Succeeded by the office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara in 1959.
^ Succeeded by the office of Prime Minister in 1959.
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The Colony of Singapore was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom that encompassed what is modern-day Singapore from 1946 to 1958. During this period, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Labuan were also administered from 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 power of the British Government was vested in the governor of Singapore. The colony eventually gained partial internal self-governance in 1955,[2] and lasted until the establishment of the State of Singapore in 1958, with full internal self-governance granted in 1959.[3][4]
After a few years of self-governance, Singapore went on to merge with Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963, thereby completely ending 144 years of British rule in Singapore. Due to differentiating views in dealing with political, economic and racial issues, Singapore would eventually cease to be a part of Malaysia and become an independent sovereign country on 9 August 1965.
^Berry, Ciara (15 January 2016). "National Anthem". The Royal Family. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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