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A college of the University of London, the School's fields include Law, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Languages with special reference to Asia and Africa. The SOAS Library, located in the Philips Building, is the UK's national resource for materials relating to Asia and Africa and is the largest of its kind in the world. [18]
The last British acquisition in Asia was the New Territories of Hong Kong, which was leased from the Qing emperor in 1897, expanding the British colony originally ceded in the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
When British troops returned to Singapore in September 1945, thousands of Singaporeans lined the streets to cheer them. Singapore was ruled by a British Military Administration (BMA) between September 1945 and March 1946, during which it also served as the headquarters of the British governor-general for Southeast Asia.
In the 18th century, the British, who became increasingly engaged in Southeast Asia over their interests in India, gained control of it from the Dutch. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Portugal was the first European power to establish a bridgehead in maritime Southeast Asia with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511.
After World War II, with the gradual end of British political hegemony 'east of Suez', the Society maintained its disinterested academic focus on Asia. [citation needed] Lectures [9] are regularly held at the offices of the Society. There is no charge for regular lectures. Many past lectures are available to listen to [10] or watch [11] online.
[1] [2] The Treaty allowed the British East India Company to open up a trading post in Singapore, marking the beginning of a British settlement. [3] As Singapore was also a major trading port in ancient times, [4] [5] it is also often referred to as the founding of modern Singapore to reflect the fact that the history of Singapore stretches ...
More than 1,500 men volunteered for war service with British forces. Other volunteers saw service with Australian and NZ forces. One notable incident occurred in September 1917 when Felix Graf von Luckner arrived at Wakaya Island , off the eastern coast of Viti Levu, after his raider, the Seeadler , had run aground in the Cook Islands following ...
James George Scott was the British envoy to Kengtung in 1890 to finalize British acquisition of Kengtung to be under British rule. As the British had taken control of cis-Salween Shan States to the west of Salween river by 1889, they sought to bring the trans-Salween states to the east of Salween including Kengtung under their possession.