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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]
Flag Duration Use Description 1965 – Flag of the Singapore Armed Forces: State flag with the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the lower right. 1965 – Service flag of the Singapore Army: Crescent and stars in a red field on the top left, with the remaining 3/4 of the flag in yellow, and the emblem of the Singapore Armed Forces on the ...
The Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Rules define the flag's composition and the symbolism of its elements: red symbolises "universal brotherhood and equality of man", and white, "pervading and everlasting purity and virtue". The waxing crescent moon "represents a young nation on the ascendant".
A film about the history of the composition of the national anthem and other patriotic songs that was first broadcast on TV in August 1986. Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (1988), Flag and Anthem, 3 December 1959 [videorecording], Singapore: Television Corporation of Singapore. A documentary on the national flag and anthem of Singapore.
Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011). Ong, Siang Song. One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore (Oxford University Press--Singapore, 1984) online. Perry, John Curtis. Singapore: Unlikely Power (Oxford University Press, 2017). Tan, Kenneth Paul (2007).
Singapore: 1699 1819 1874 1925 1942 1945 1946 1959 1963 1965 Singapore: Slovakia: 1920 1938 1945 1992 Slovakia: Slovenia: 1335 1803 1813 1918 1918 1943 1945 1991 Slovenia: Solomon Islands: 1886 1906 1942 1945 1947 1956 1966 1977 Solomon Islands: 1893 Somalia: 1415 1888 1896 1888/1920 1946 1960 Somalia: South Africa: 1652 1664 1795 1801 1875 ...
Statue of Stamford Raffles, the first British governor of Singapore This is a timeline of Singaporean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Singapore and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Singapore. See also the list of years in Singapore. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy ...
The history of the Republic of Singapore began when Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [1] After the separation, the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient, however was faced with problems including mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum.