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The Crown colony was dissolved on 16 September 1963 when Singapore became a state of Malaysia, ending 144 years' of British rule on the island. On 9 August 1965, Singapore officially left Malaysia to become the independent Republic of Singapore, due to political, economic and racial disputes.