<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: Ukudlula: Ngemva kokuzinikela kweJapane kwaBangane ngo - August 15, 1945, iSingapore yawela esimweni esifushane sodlame nokuphazamiseka; ukuphanga nokubulala okuphindisela kwakusakazeke kabanzi. Amabutho aseBrithani ayeholwa yiNkosi uLouis Mountbatten, uMkhuzi oPhakeme we-Allied Command for Southeast Asia Command, abuyela eSingapore ukuze athole ukuzinikela okusemthethweni kwamabutho aseJapane esifundeni esivela kuJenene Itagaki Seishiro egameni likaJenene Hisaichi Terauchi ngoSepthemba 12, 1945, futhi kwakhiwa iBritish Military Administration ukuphatha lesi siqhingi kuze kube ngoMashi 1946. Ingxenye enkulu yengqalasizinda yayibhujisiwe phakathi nempi, kuhlanganise nezinhlelo zikagesi nezamanzi, izinsizakalo zocingo, kanye nezakhiwo zasemathekwini ePort of Singapore. Kwakukhona nokuntuleka kokudla okuholela ekungondlekeni, izifo, nobugebengu nobudlova obudlangile. Izindleko zokudla eziphakeme, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, nokunganeliseki kwabasebenzi kwaholela ochungechungeni lweziteleka ngo-1947 okwabangela ukumiswa okukhulu kwezithuthi zomphakathi nezinye izinsizakalo. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1947, umnotho waqala ukuvuseleleka, okwancedwa ukufunwa kukathayela nenjoloba okwandayo emhlabeni wonke, kodwa kwakuzothatha eminye iminyaka eminingana ngaphambi kokuba umnotho ubuyele emazingeni angaphambi kwempi. Ukwehluleka kweBrithani ukuvikela iSingapore kwakubhubhise ukuthembeka kwayo njengombusi ongenaphutha emehlweni abantu baseSingapore. Emashumini eminyaka ngemva kwempi kwaba nokuvuka kwezombusazwe phakathi kwabantu bendawo kanye nokwanda kwemizwa yokulwa nekoloni kanye nobuzwe, okwafanekiselwa isiqubulo esithi Merdeka, noma ukuzimela ngolimi lwesiMalay. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abaseBrithani babekulungele ukwandisa kancane kancane ukuzibusa kweSingapore neMalaya. Ngo - April 1, 1946, i - Straits Settlements yahlakazwa futhi iSingapore yaba i - Crown Colony ehlukile enohulumeni womphakathi oholwa nguMbusi. NgoJulayi ka-1947, kwamiswa amaKhansela aphetheyo nawomthetho ahlukene futhi kwahlelwa ukhetho lwamalungu ayisithupha oMkhandlu Olawulayo ngonyaka olandelayo. Umbuzo: Lisho ukuthini igama elithi Merdeka?  <response>: ukuzimela 