What is Colony of Singapore?
[[File:Singapore in its region (zoom).svg|thumb|Location of the Colony of Singapore]] The '''Colony of Singapore''' was a Crown colony of the [[United Kingdom]] that encompassed what is modern-day [[Singapore]] from 1946 to 1958. During this period, [[Christmas Island]] and the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] Islands were also administered from Singapore. It was created after the dissolution of the Straits Settlements shortly after the Japanese occupation of Singapore ended in 1945. The power of the [[British]] 1959. [[Category:History of Singapore]] [[Category:British Malaya]]