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Who founded the port city of Singapore and when?
Who founded the port city of Singapore and when?
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Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, the colonies in Southeast Asia were reorganised, and Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements.
Stamford Raffles (born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam. —died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.) was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819), who was largely responsible for the creation of Britain’s Far Eastern empire.