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    • Singapore (Malay: Singapura), officially the State of Singapore (Malay: Negeri Singapura), was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of the 144-year British rule in Sin… See more

    Prelude to merger

    Singapore politicians, beginning with David Marshall in 1955, repeatedly courted Tunku Abdul Rahman about … See more

    Merger

    The merger was originally scheduled for 31 August 1963 to coincide with the official independence day of Malaya. However, it was postponed by Tunku Abdul Rahman to 16 September 1963, to accommodate a United Nati… See more

    Reasons for merger

    Singapore merged with Malaya to achieve independence from the British colonial government. The British treatment of the locals since the British colonisation of Singapore in 1819 and the British failure to defend Sin… See more

    Post-merger

    The Singapore and federal governments disagreed over economic issues. As part of the Malaysia Agreement, Singapore agreed to contribute 40% of its total revenue to the federal government and provide largely interest-fre… See more

    Separation

    On 7 August 1965, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, seeing no alternative to avoid further bloodshed, advised the Parliament of Malaysia that it should vote to expel Singapore from Malaysia. Despite last-ditch at… See more

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