Straits Settlements: Quick Facts

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Straits Settlements, c. 1922

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World map showing the British Empire at its greatest extent, with the United Kingdom highlighted in red and its global holdings in pink, including Canada, Australia, India, large parts of Africa, and numerous islands and territories across the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Areas that left the empire before 1939 are shaded green, and territories added between 1901 and 1939 are shaded purple.

British Empire

historical state, United Kingdom

Malaysia

country, Asia

Singapore

country, Asia

Key People

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

prime minister of Malaysia

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Sir Andrew Clarke

British engineer and politician

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Sir Frank Swettenham

British colonial official