History of Singapore Society

Question: Discuss about theHistory of Singapore Society. Answer: History of Singapore and its Gradual Evolution An area to develop into a particular renowned, reputed and isolated country it takes years for the settlement. Along with that the country should be flourishing with all the necessary requirements and should be financially stable. In this care the country Singapores history is going to be discussed whose evolution can be seen gradually as the time passes from the time of third century (Goh, 2014). This country struggled a lot to develop into a perfect society from past times. There are many hurdles, turns, number of twists and triumphs involved in the story of Singapore society. Through the evolution of centuries the history of Singapore is reported (Lawrence, 2016). From the Earlier Times The isolated country Singapore was once described as Pu-luo-chung or the island that is present at the end of Peninsula. This was during the third century and the Chinese gave this account for this place. However the known historical past records of Singapore is masked with the time (Clammer Ben-Ari, 2013). As the time passed by in the later stages the city was named as Temasek which means a sea town. This is known by this name after the establishment of first settlements during the AD 1298-1299. This small place with the introduction and timing of 14th century was identified with a new name. But this island was located strategically. The story behind that was when a prince from the city of Palembang which is known as the capital of Srivijaya went out for a trip on hunting process and viewed an animal which he has not seen earlier as said by the legend Sang Nila Utama (Van Wyhe Rookmaaker, 2012). The city was founded as a respect to that sign which is taken as a good start at the place the animal was spotted, and named it as The lion city or Singapura. In Sanskrit these words are meant as Simha means lion and pura means city. The five kings then ruled this ancient city Singapura. Since this Singapore city is located on the tip of the Peninsula Malay, which is the meeting spot of many sea routes naturally so it has become the trading post and is being flourished for various vessels such as Battleships of Portuguese, Arab dhows, Chinese junks and the Buginese schooners (Pinar, 2013). The Effect of Raffles The Singapore was developed into a modern city after a man name Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles during the 19th century while thanking to the trading and the politics. The British Empire wanted to originate his merchant convoy during that period where he had an eye to call off for this region and was expecting for the Dutch to make an advance step (Vadaketh Low, 2014). By that time Singapore was already and upcoming trading city accompanied by the Malacca Straits so it seem to be ideal. The deputy-Governer the Raffles of Bencoolen, which is now known as Bengkulu, placed at Sumatra arrived in Singapore during the year 1819 on January 29th. The island was covered with swamp and its potential was recognized so help was available from him who negotiated with the rulers of the local city and then finally Singapore was established as a station for trading (Nie et al, 2013). It gradually grew as a hub for entrepot trade and started attracting the immigrants from various countries such as china, India and also from the Malay Archipelago and many more. In the year 1822 a plan was implemented by Raffles known as the Raffles Town plan which was also called at the Jackson Plan, the main motto of the plan was to discuss regarding the disorderliness which was growing in the colony (Airey Larsson, 2014). The residential places which are ethnic are divided into four parts. These four parts include: The European traders got settled in the European town and made it residential The other part was taken by Asians who are rich and Eurasians The present place Chinatown is the area occupied by the ethnic Chinese during that period Singapore river in the southeast was also taken by them Chulia Kampong which is north of the Chinatown was chosen by ethnic Indians for residing, and the area Kampong Glam had Muslims in it. The people who have migrated to Singapore are the Arabs and the Ethnic Malays. The development of Singapore society as the trading post continued and was increasing over the period of time (Vadaketh Low, 2014). This trading post increased with the companionship of many key banks which established in that city and because of the financial associations and also commerce chambers. A walkway opened in the year 1924 which linked the Singapore from the northern part and extend to Johor Bahru (Clammer Ben-Ari, 2013). Second World War Followed by Peace In 1941 December 8th Singapore was attacked by the Japanese in the World War II during which its prosperity had a major effect. The plan of attack was changed by the invaders and attempted from north which confused the military commanders of British as they were expecting form the south through sea. In the year 1941 on February 15th during the Chinese New Year Japanese gave up though they had great forces (Clammer Ben-Ari, 2013). That is the large surrender in history so it was renowned as impregnable fortress than to Syonana. The island was taken by the Administration of British Military in 1945 at the time the Japanese surrendered themselves (Tat, 2015). This was leading power till the time it was separated into channels which included Singapore, Melaka and the Penang. Later in the year 1946, April Singapore has become the British Crown colony (Vadaketh Low, 2014). Independence of Singapore Society Self-government was established and took its structure with the effect of nationalism and its growth during the year 1959. Along with that general elections were also carried out for the first time in the country (Tat, 2015). The person named Lee Kuan Yew was the First Prime minister to Singapore who belonged to the Peoples Action Party (PAP) who won with a majority number of seats 43. Later in the year 1963 Malaysia took its form which consisted of the federation belonging to four places Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak and the North Borneo which is now known as Sabah. This move was taken to make the strong collaboration and tie ups with the countries. This move was not that successful of merging with them and within two years in the year 1965 in August 9th they gave independence to Malaysia to develop as a separate country with democracy of sovereign nation (Tat, 2015). 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