2.8.1. Background

♤ Singapore was established as a trading post in 1819. It became a colony under British India, governed from Calcutta (1830-1867). It becam an independent state in 1965.

♤ Even though small, 700 Sq Kilometre area, Singapore is strategically located.

♤ It has become a melting pot of multiracial and multi cultural identities including people of Indian origi.