Independence & Merdeka · event 8 of 10

1965

Singapore leaves. After two years of deteriorating relations over the terms of the union and the politics of race, Singapore is expelled from Malaysia. Lee Kuan Yew announces it in tears on television.

The Independence & Merdeka era

  1. 1942
  2. 1945
  3. 1946
  4. 1948
  5. 1957
  6. 1960
  7. 1963
  8. 1965
  9. 1969
  10. 1971

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