Was Singapore formerly a territory of China?

In the 3rd century, China called Singapore Prolong, which means "the island at the end of the peninsula". 1320, the Yuan Dynasty sent people to a place called Longyamen to look for elephants, which may refer to the seaport of Geba. /kloc-around 0/330, a Chinese named Wang Dayuan came, called this residence Pancur (meaning dragon head), and said that China people had already lived here. The earliest address for Temasek (or Haicheng) in Singapore appeared in 1365' s Ode to Java History. It was not until the end of 14 that the Sanskrit name "Singapore La" (Lion City) became a common name.

At that time, for the control of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore was involved in wars such as Siam (now Thailand) and the Boyi Kingdom of Manchu in Java. Later, Singapore has always been an important part of the kingdom of Malacca.

The establishment of modern Singapore

In order to find a trading port in this area, the British. So in Singapore1819 65438+129 October, Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore after visiting other nearby islands. Later, he signed a formal treaty with Sultan Hotan of Johor to rule Singapore. 1824, two new treaties made Singapore a British dependency.

straits settlements

Singapore, together with two British colonies in the Malay Peninsula, Malacca and Penang, became a strait colony in 1826, and was under the jurisdiction of British India. By 1832, Singapore has become the administrative center of these three places.

19411In the early morning of February 8, Japanese planes bombed this sleepy city. 1February 5, 942, Singapore was occupied by the Japanese army and renamed Zhaonan Island, which was occupied for three and a half years.

Towards autonomy

1September, 945, the British army returned to Singapore. 1946 After the end of military control in March, the Straits colony was dissolved. 1 April 19461day, Singapore became a British colony.

In postwar Singapore, the people demanded a voice in the government. 1948 On March 20th, Singapore held its first general election.

At the end of 1953, Singapore amended its constitution and enjoyed greater autonomy.

1955, Singapore held an election, and Marshall became the first chief minister of Singapore. The Labor Front he led, together with UMNO and MCA, formed a coalition government. Marshall resigned on June 6 due to the breakdown of negotiations on full autonomy. 1957 In March, the negotiating delegation led by Lin Youfu reached an agreement on the main provisions of Singapore's new constitution in the London negotiations.

Singapore became autonomous in 1959, and held its first general election in May of the same year. The People's Action Party won 43 of the 565,438+0 seats in the Legislative Assembly. On June 5th, the first government of Singapore Autonomous State was sworn in, and Lee Kuan Yew became the first prime minister of Singapore.

Proposal to establish Malaysia

196 1 On May 27th, Malayan Prime Minister Tengku Abderahman proposed to merge Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, Borneo and Brunei, so as to make them closer in political and economic cooperation. 1September 1963 16, Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak and Borneo (now Sabah) established Malaysia, but Brunei chose not to join.

independence

The merger proved to be short-lived. 1On August 9, 965, Singapore broke away from Malaysia and became a sovereign, democratic and independent country. On February 22nd of the same year, 12, Singapore became the United Republic, and Yusuf Issa became the first president.

1990165438+1On October 28th, Goh Chok Tong took over from Lee Kuan Yew who had been in power since 1959 and became the second Prime Minister of Singapore. 1On August 28th, 1993, Singapore held its first democratically elected presidential election, and Wang Dingchang became the first democratically elected president. 1 September 19991day, Nathan became the second elected president of Singapore.