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    Who occupied Singapore before the British?

    Question #73925. Asked by nibbles0011. (Dec 30 06 8:57 AM)


    lun88

    		the malays + some chinese I reckon. cause when the raffles came by and notice the ppl living there , *around 200* raffles talked to the village chef, which is a malay.


    Dec 30 06, 9:06 AM
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    		It was an important Malay city in the 13th century, but was destroyed by the Javanese in the 14th century and remained a ruin until refounded by Sir Thomas Raffles in 1819 for the East India Company.

    Dec 30 06, 6:52 PM

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