Crown Colony of Singapore

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The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crown colony ⓘ
former British colony ⓘ
capital Singapore ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage Cantonese ⓘ
Hokkien ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
constitutionalChange Rendel Constitution of 1955 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
currency Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Malayan dollar ⓘ
dateDissolved 3 June 1959 ⓘ
dateFormed 1 April 1946 ⓘ
demography ethnically diverse population including Chinese, Malay, Indian and others ⓘ
endDate 1959-06-03 ⓘ
establishedAfter Japanese occupation of Singapore ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
event Japanese occupation of Singapore ended in 1945 ⓘ
flagUsed Union Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followedBy State of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Singapore

self-governing State of Singapore ⓘ
governmentType British colonial administration ⓘ
crown colony government ⓘ
granted internal self-government in 1959 ⓘ
limited self-government in 1955 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Governor of Singapore ⓘ
headOfStateTitle British monarch ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
Post–World War II era ⓘ
ledTo self-governing State of Singapore in 1959 ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn Malay Peninsula region ⓘ
linked to: Malay Peninsula

Southeast Asia ⓘ
mainPort Port of Singapore ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British Far East territories ⓘ
precededBy Straits Settlements ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment reorganization of British possessions in Malaya after World War II ⓘ
relatedEvent Singapore’s independence in 1965 ⓘ
Singapore’s merger with Malaysia in 1963 ⓘ
separatedFrom Straits Settlements ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
startDate 1946-04-01 ⓘ
strategicImportance major British naval and trading base in Southeast Asia ⓘ
symbol coat of arms of the Colony of Singapore ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Straits Settlements → followedBy → Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
Malaya and British Borneo dollar → usedIn → Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
British Military Administration in Malaya → followedBy → Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Singapore → locatedIn → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps → jurisdiction → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
British imperial coastal defence network → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Names of Singapore → hasName → Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
Names of Singapore → hasColonialName → Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
Rendel Constitution of 1955 → jurisdiction → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Legislative Council of Singapore → country → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Legislative Council of Singapore → legislativeBranchOf → Government of the Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Government of the Straits Settlements → followedBy → Colony of Singapore government ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
British Singapore → partOf → Crown colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore
Labour Front → governedEntity → Colony of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: Crown Colony of Singapore