About Singapore

1. Singapore has changed it’s time zone 6 times since 1905. To avoid further confusion, simply build your own sundial in Singapore.

2. The only tropical garden with a UNESCO World Heritage Site tag is the 156-year-old Singapore Botanical Garden. With 4.5 million annual visitors and a National Orchid Garden, it is the mother of all botanic gardens.

3. During 1940-41, Singapore was a theater of World War 2, with about 1,00,000 odd soldiers fighting in this tiny nation. Ironically, none of them were native to Singapore. The British were defending an attack from the Japanese forces.

4. Singapore is a result of Independence with Independence. While the British left Singapore to Malaysia in 1963, the City state became a sovereign country only in 1965.

5. The funny thing about the independence of 1965 was Singapore didn’t not fight its way out; rather it was thrown out of Malaysia by democratic voting.

6. Singapore had a brief name change. Syonan-to, which means the Light of the South, was the name given to Singapore under Japanese occupation.

7. Singapore is one of the only three surviving city-states in the world. The other two are Monaco and Vatican City.

8. The history of Singapura is recorded in great details in the Sejarah Melayu or the Malay Annals. It is a text that narrates the history of the entire Malay Peninsula.

9. Singapore’s first name was Temasek which literally meant sea town. A name which holds good even today.

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