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Majulah Singapura " [a] is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for official functions of the City Council of Singapore, the song was selected in 1959 as the nation's anthem when it attained self-government .
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The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
An enlargeable British Military map of Singapore dated 1945. Singapore is: an island country made up of 63 islands; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia ...
Dikir Barat Singapura is a local adaptation of the dikir barat choral performance art in Singapore that has gained widespread recognition, ...
Marina Bay is a bay located in the Central Area of Singapore, surrounded by the perimeter of four other planning areas, the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South and Straits View.
Singapore was under British rule in the 19th century, having been amalgamated into the Straits Settlements together with Malacca and Penang.The flag that was used to represent the Settlements was a British Blue Ensign defaced with a red diamond containing three gold crowns—one for each settlement—separated by a white inverted pall, which resembles an inverted Y. [3]
The Angullias were a prominent Gujarati Sunni Muslim merchant family in early Singapore. Ebrahim Mohamed Salleh Angullia was reported to have arrived from Rander, Gujarat by steamship in 1837, and carried out business selling Indian-bought products in Singapore, returning periodically to his family in Gujarat. [1]