when did singapore officially became a part of the british empire
Colony of Singapore The Colony of Singapore was a British Crown colony that existed from 1946 until 1963, when Singapore became part of Malaysia. When the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II, the island was handed back to the British in 1945. In 1946, the Straits Settlements were dissolved and Singapore together with the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands became a separate Crown colony.[2] The colony was governed by the British Empire until it gained partial internal self-governance in 1955.[citation needed]