List of riots in Singapore

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British colonial era (1819–1942) Founding 1819–26 Straits Settlements 1826–67 Crown colony 1867–1942
Japanese Occupation (1942–45) Battle of Singapore 1942 Sook Ching 1942
Post-war period (1945–62) First Legislative Council 1948–51 Maria Hertogh riots 1950 Second Legislative Council 1951–55 Anti-National Service Riots 1954
Internal self-government (1955–63) Hock Lee bus riots 1955
Merger with Malaysia (1963–65) Singaporean referendum 1962 Operation Coldstore 1963 Race riots in Singapore 1964 MacDonald House bombing 1965
Republic of Singapore (1965–present) ASEAN Declaration (ASEAN) 1967 1969 race riots of Singapore 1969 Singaporean haze crisis 1972–present Laju incident 1974 Operation Spectrum 1987 East Asian financial crisis 1997 Embassies attack plot 2001 SARS outbreak 2003 Little India riot 2013
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The list of riots in Singapore is a list of riots which happened in Singapore.

Singapore, Straits Settlements (1826-1946)

• February 15-20, 1851 - Anti-Catholic riots (500 dead^[1])
• May 5-17, 1854 - Hokkien-Teochew riots (480 dead,^[2] 222 injured^[2])

Crown Colony of Singapore (1946-1963)

• December 11, 1950 - Maria Hertogh riots (18 dead, 173 injured)
• May 13, 1954 - 1954 National Service Riots (26 injured)
• May 12, 1955 - Hock Lee Bus Riots (4 dead, 31 injured)
• October 26, 1956 - Chinese middle schools riots (13 dead, more than 100 injured)

Negeri Singapura, Malaysia (1963-1965)

• July 12, 1963 - Pulau Senang prison riots (4 dead, 5 injured)
• July 21, 1964 - 1964 Race Riots (36 dead, 556 injured)

Republic of Singapore (1965-)

• 1969 - 1969 Race Riots of Singapore (4 dead, 80 injured)
• December 8, 2013 - 2013 Little India riot^[3][4] (62 injured)

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