1950 in Singapore

List of events

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* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

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* Other events of 1950
* Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Singapore.

## Incumbents[edit]

* Governor: Sir Franklin Charles Gimson
* Colonial Secretary:
* Sir Patrick McKerron (till 29 April)
* Wilfred Lawson Blythe (starting 30 June)

## Events[edit]

### March[edit]

* 1 March - The Teachers’ Training College (present-day National Institute of Education) is formed to train teachers. It is the first-ever training college for teachers.[1]
* 6 March - A new postal district system dividing Singapore into 28 districts is launched, making it the first ever system.[2]

### December[edit]

* 11–13 December - The Maria Hertogh riots took place a few days after the verdict, worsened by inflammatory news coverage. The riots left eighteen people dead and 173 injured.[3]

## Births[edit]

* 17 February - Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, former politician.

## See also[edit]

* List of years in Singapore

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Teachers' Training College". NLB. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
2. ^ "New Postal Scheme For Singapore". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 1 March 1950. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. ^ "Maria Hertogh riots". NLB. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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1950 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   * Bhutan
*   * Burma (Myanmar)
*   *   * Ceylon
* China
*   *   * Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
*   *   * Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaya
*   *   * Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   *   * East Pakistan
* West Pakistan
*   * Philippines
*   *   * Saudi Arabia
*   * Sikkim
*   * Soviet Union
*   * Syria
*   * Thailand
*   * Turkey
*   *   *   *   * North Vietnam
*   *   * North Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   *   *   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
* Tibet
* Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
*   *   *   * Brunei
*   *   * Colony of Aden
* Cyprus
*   * French India
* French Indochina
*   * Kuwait
*   *   *   *   *

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