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Straits Settlements
Sign in to saveformer group of British territories located in the Far East, with its capital in Singapore
Key facts
- Status
- Division within Bengal Presidency (1826–1867) Crown colony (1867–1946)
- Capital
- George Town , (1826–1832) , Singapore , (1832–1946)
- Official languages
- English
- Common languages
- English Malay Chinese Tamil
- Government
- Monarchy
- 1826 1830 first
- George IV
- 1936 1946 last
- George VI
- 1934 1946 last
- Shenton Thomas
- Historical era
- British Empire
- Anglo dutch treaty
- 17 March 1824
- Converted to crown colony
- 1 April 1867
- Labuan incorporated
- 1 January 1907
- Japanese invasion of malaya and beginnin
- 8 December 1941
- Fall of singapore
- 15 February 1942
- Formal surrender by japan to british mil
- 12 September 1945
- Federated into the malayan union and the
- 1 April 1946
- Labuan to crown colony of north borneo
- 15 July 1946
- Currency
- Straits dollar (1898–1939), Malayan dollar (1939–1946)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 叻嶼呷/海峽殖民地
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- Commons category
- Straits Settlements
- inception
- 1826-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1946-01-01
- native label
- 叻嶼呷/海峽殖民地
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The Straits Settlements (Malay: Negeri-Negeri Selat) were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under control of the British Raj in 1858 and then under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1867. In 1946, following the end of World War II and the Japanese occupation, the colony was dissolved as part of Britain's reorganisation of its Southeast Asian dependencies in the area.