In the 13th century, Sang Nila Utama, a prince of Palembang was interested in the then Singapore, named Temasek which refers to "sea town" as Singapore was a fishing village. On his way here, he encountered a great sea storm. He and his men threw all heavy things off board but the ship kept sinking. It was not until Sang Nila Utama threw his crown then the ship stop sinking and even the storm stopped!
They arrived Temasek safely and Sang Nila Utama saw a strange fine-looking animal with great speed and asked one of his minister what was it. He was told that it was a lion. Sang Nila Utama then believed it was a good omen, therefore naming the island "Singapura". "Singa" refers to lion whereas "pura" means city, thus the name of lion city.
In 1819, an Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore and made her a British port. Singapore then became an important port due to being the center for the India- china trade Southeast Asia. Singapore was under the British colonial rule.
During World War II, Singapore was conquered by the Japanese from 1942 till 1945. After the two major atomic bombing in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the war ended and Singapore was back to under British control. Increasing levels of self-government was being granted.
In 1963, Singapore merged with Malaysia as so that both countries could help each other. However, many disputes occurred between both countries, therefore the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia.
Then, Singapore gained independence on 9th August 1965.
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