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Jun 15, 2024 · In 1819, Raffles, along with Temenggong Abdu’r Rahman and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, signed a treaty that gave the British East India Company the right to establish a trading post on the island. Raffles recognized the potential of Singapore as a British outpost in Southeast Asia.
Jun 10, 2024 · Even Sir Stamford Raffles, the British East Indian administrator and founder of Singapore, worked on it, trying to understand its text.
Jun 14, 2024 · A Chinese carpenter named Cao Yazhi (曹亚志) played such an important role in Sir Stamford Raffles’ landing in Singapore that he was rewarded with two plots of land on which he founded clan organisations for clansmen arriving from China after him.
Jun 10, 2024 · 1819: Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore as a British trading post, laying the foundation for its commercial growth. 1965: Independence from Malaysia marked the start of Singapore’s journey as a sovereign nation.
During the Singapore Bicentennial in 2019, four temporary sculptures of Sang Nila Utama, Tan Tock Seng, Munshi Abdullah and Naraina Pillai were placed in dialogue with one of Raffles at the Singapore River, presenting a more nuanced view of history.
Jun 5, 2024 · The recent unveiling of the third public statue of Sir Stamford Raffles has ignited a significant online debate, highlighting the complexities surrounding colonialism and its enduring legacy...
Jun 12, 2024 · Singapore was given to the British by Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor and Temenggong Abdul Rahman in a treaty signed with Sir Stamford Raffles, giving the British East India Company (EIC) the right to set up a trading post.
