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The Treaty of Singapore was signed by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Hussein Shah of Johor, and Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and it is now recognised as the founding of modern Singapore.
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1819 Singapore Treaty
Establishment of Singapore as a British trading port
The signing of the Treaty of Singapore on 6 February 1819 is officially recognised as the founding of modern-day Singapore. The Treaty allowed the British East India Company to open up a trading post in Singapore, marking the beginning of a British settlement. As Singapore was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Stamford Raffles
British colonial official (1781–1826)
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hussein Shah of Johor
Sultan of the Johor Sultanate (1776–1835)
Sultan Hussein Mua'zzam Shah ibni Mahmud Shah Alam was the 19th ruler of Johor-Riau. He signed two treaties with Britain which culminated in the founding of modern Singapore; during which he was nominally given recognition by the British as the Sultan of Johor and Singapore in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Temenggong Abdul Rahman
3rd Temenggong of Johor
Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Rahman bin Almarhum Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Hamid Al-Aidaroos was the Temenggong of Johor during the Bendahara dynasty of the Johor Sultanate. He was best known of being instrumental in the Treaty of Singapore with the British East India Company in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Founding years of modern Singapore
1819 British colonial establishment
The establishment of a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles led to its founding as a British colony in 1824. This event has generally been understood to mark the founding of colonial Singapore, a break from its status as a port in ancient times…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 6
Day of the year
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 328 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)