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The Portuguese take power over Malacca, which meant that Singapore was also under their power too.
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The Dutch fight off the Portuguese and take over Malacca.
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Sir Stamford Raffles arrives in Singapore to establish a British East India Company trading post.
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John Crawfurd signed a second treaty with the Sultan and Temenggong, giving them lifelong yearly payements in return for an increased portion of the land owned by the British.
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The UK and Netherland sign the Anglo-Dutch treaty, giving the British Malacca and Singapore.
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Control over the Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malacca, Penang, and Wellesley) is transferred to the BEIC.
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The BEIC gives control of the Singapore settlement to Bengal in order to cut costs.
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Singapore seperates from Indian rule, and officially becomes a Crown Colony of the British Empire.
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The singning of this treaty gave the British stable control over Malaysia.
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The Chinese Communist Party opens a secret office in Singapore, and starts the South Seas Communist Union, which focuses on trade unions.
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Communists organize over 300 strikes, and over 70,000 workers participate in these strikes.
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The CPM (Commuisnst Party of Malaysia) uses terrorist tactics to try to take over Singapore.They also try to gain posession of rubber plantations and tin mining industries in Malaysia, and this was known as the Malayan Emergency.
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Malaysia becomes independent from British rule.
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After leaving the Malaysian Federation, Singapore becomes an independent republic, and joins the United Nations.
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The war between the CPM and Malayan armed forces comes to an end.
