The Straits Settlements are a group of British territories located in the Malay Peninsula, within the Malayan Union. The Straits Settlements consists of four individual settlements: Malacca, Dinding and Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island) and Singapore. Singapore is also the main British naval base in East Asia. Because of its status as the main British naval base in the region, as well as hosting the largest dry dock in the world in the form of the Singapore Naval Base, it is described in the press as the 'Gibraltar of the East'.
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| - Straits Settlements (Twilight of a New Era)
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| - The Straits Settlements are a group of British territories located in the Malay Peninsula, within the Malayan Union. The Straits Settlements consists of four individual settlements: Malacca, Dinding and Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island) and Singapore. Singapore is also the main British naval base in East Asia. Because of its status as the main British naval base in the region, as well as hosting the largest dry dock in the world in the form of the Singapore Naval Base, it is described in the press as the 'Gibraltar of the East'.
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| - Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism and other traditional Chinese religions and Atheist
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| - George Town and Malacca Town.
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| - Coat of arms of the Straits Settlements.svg
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| - '''نڬري-نڬري سلت
- '''海峽殖民地 ( )
- '''ஸ்ட்ரெய்ட்ஸ் தீர்வுகளுக்கான
- Negeri-Negeri Selat
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| - Chinese , Malay, Tamil and Hindi-Urdu.
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| - Flag of the British Straits Settlements .svg
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| - Malays, Tamils and Europeans
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| - The Straits Settlements are a group of British territories located in the Malay Peninsula, within the Malayan Union. The Straits Settlements consists of four individual settlements: Malacca, Dinding and Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island) and Singapore. Singapore is also the main British naval base in East Asia. Because of its status as the main British naval base in the region, as well as hosting the largest dry dock in the world in the form of the Singapore Naval Base, it is described in the press as the 'Gibraltar of the East'. The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (SSVF) is the military reserve force in the Straits Settlements
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