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Although Singapore officially returned to British rule on September 12, 1945, Britain’s failure to defend the island against the Japanese served as proof to many of its declining imperial power. |
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Beginning in 1949, university students and future political leaders from Malaya and Singapore studying in London including Abdul Razak, Goh Keng Swee, Toh Chin Chye, and Lee Kuan Yew met often to discuss and support a Malayan Independence movement. |
