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* 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
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1965 and Singapore
After expulsion from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, Singapore became a sovereign Commonwealth republic and installed Yusof bin Ishak as its first President.
This provoked Tunku Abdul Rahman to demand that Singapore withdraw from Malaysia, which it did in August 1965.
Singapore left the Commonwealth in 1963 to join the Federation of Malaysia, but was expelled from the Federation in 1965 after Lee Kuan Yew disagreed with the federal government in Kuala Lumpur.
* World's longest serving current republican head of government: Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore from 1965 to 1990 ().
Singapore was eventually forced to secede from Malaysia and declared independence, which had not even been an option in the referendum, on 9 August 1965.
After gaining independence from Britain, Singapore joined the federation of Malaysia in late 1963, but was subsequently told to leave in 1965.
The clash of personalities between PAP leader Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman resulted in a crisis and led to the latter expelling Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia in August 1965.
However, because of a number of problems, Singapore was expelled from the federation in 1965, becoming an independent republic.
Since 1965, Singapore rapidly industrialised and modernised, becoming one of the four " Asian Tigers ".
When racial and partisan strife erupted, Singapore was expelled from the Malaysian federation in 1965.
The 1962-1965 seasons of the original Formula 2 Grand Prix held on the Thomson Road circuit in Singapore is regarded as an earlier precedence of the Malaysian Grand Prix, when Singapore was originally part of the Malaysian federation from 1963 to 1965.
On August 9, 1965, Singapore was separated from the federation to become a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations.
When Singapore became self-governing in 1959 ( whilst still remaining a British colony ), the status " British subject: citizen of the State of Singapore " was introduced, a status which existed until the ( short-lived ) incorporation of Singapore within Malaysia between 1963 and 1965.
The Singapore flag was reconfirmed as the national flag when Singapore became fully independent from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.
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