Who founded Singapore & when?

Answer 1

Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819.

Answer 2

Who Founded Singapore In 1819

Answer 3

The history of Singapore began as early as the 3rd Century when a Chinese account described the island at the tip of the Malay peninsula. Singapore rose in importance during the 14th century under the rule of Srivijayan prince Parameswara and became an important port until it was destroyed by Portuguese raiders in 1613. The modern history of Singapore began in 1819 when Englishman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British port on the island. Under British colonial rule, it grew in importance as a centre for both the India-China trade and the entrepôt trade in Southeast Asia, rapidly becoming a major port city.

Answer 4

Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819.

Answer 5

Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British colonial administrator, born on July 6, 1781, at sea off the island of Jamaica, on board the ship commanded by his father, Benjamin Raffles, a captain in the West Indies trade. Mostly self-educated, he entered the service of the East India Company at the age of 14 and in 1805 was sent to Pinang (now in Malaysia) as assistant secretary to the governor of the island. In 1811, during the war between Britain and France, he prepared the way for a British invasion of the island of Java (now part of Indonesia), then a Dutch possession. After a successful campaign against Dutch and French forces, Raffles remained in Java as lieutenant-governor and introduced reforms liberalizing the harsh Dutch colonial system. When the island was returned to the Dutch in 1816, he returned to Britain, where he published his work The History of Java (1817). He was knighted in the same year and appointed lieutenant-governor of Benkulen, Sumatra (now Bengkulu, Indonesia). Acting to extend British influence in Southeast Asia, he established a settlement on the island of Singapore in 1819 and later developed an administration there. Raffles is remembered for his humane treatment of peoples subject to the severe and austere rules of the colonial system and for his suppression of the slave trade. He died in Barnet, England, on July 5, 1826.

Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore.

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Answer 6

I suspect that Raffles founded Singapore in the same sense that Columbus founded America.

Answer 7

sir thomas stamford raffles founded the former british colony of singapore in 1819 .

here's the sbhort story: in 1795 raffles became a clerk for the powerful britishe east india company, which (with the support of the ritish government) was battling with the dutch for control of southeast asia. raffles flourished, rising to become lieutenant governor of Java in 1811. In 1819 he founded singapore by purchasing the land for the british east india company. singapore became a bustling port and a key element in the expanding british empire, securing raffles' place in history. (singapore became an independent state in 1965.) unlike many empire builders, raffles is generally remembered fondly, as a benevolent figure who opened doors of opportunity and fought slave trading in the region. raffles also was an enthusiastic natural historian who founded the london zoological society (and along with it the london zoo). he was knighted in 1817, the same year he published his well-received history of java.

raffles was born at sea, off the coast of jamaica... the raffles hotel in singapore was opened in 1887 and became one of the world's most famous inns; according to local lore.

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Answer 8

ok....i discovered this from my history textbook... " If we are relating Singapore or Singapura, the Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) publicizes that its founder became Sang Nila Utama or Sri Tri Buana. If we are relating renowned or modern-day Singapore, maximum Singaporeans might answer, "Mr Lee Kuan Yew". And for an prolonged time once you asked who based colonial Singapore, the on the instant answer could be Raffles."

Answer 9

History of Singapore can be viewed on this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Singapore