<prompt> Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu: Kupfuura: Muna 1818, Sir Stamford Raffles akagadzwa kuva Lieutenant Governor wekoloni yeBritain paBencoolen. Akanga akatsunga kuti Great Britain inofanira kutsiva Netherlands sesimba rinodzora muchitsuwa ichi, sezvo nzira yekutengeserana pakati peChina neBritish India, iyo yakanga yava kukosha zvikuru nesangano rekutengeserana kweopium neChina, yakapfuura nechitsuwa ichi. VaDutch vakanga vave vachidzivisa kutengeserana kweBritain munharaunda yacho kupfurikidza nokurambidza vaBritain kushanda muzvikepe zvaidzorwa neDutch kana kuti kupfurikidza nokuvaisa mutero wakakwirira. Raffles aitarisira kupikisa vaDutch kupfurikidza nokutanga chiteshi chitsva chengarava pedyo neStraits of Malacca, nzira huru yengarava dzokutengeserana dzeIndia neChina. Aida chiteshi chechitatu sezvo vaBritain vakanga vane chiteshi chePenang neBencoolen bedzi. Chiteshi chacho chaifanira kunge chiri pedyo nemugwagwa mukuru waishandiswa pakutengeserana pakati peIndia neChina uye pakati peMalay Archipelago. Akanyengetedza Ishe Hastings, Gavhuna Mukuru weIndia nomukuru wake paBritish East India Company, kuti vape mari yokuenda kunotsvaka nzvimbo itsva yokuBritain munharaunda yacho. Mubvunzo: Raffles aida kuvaka chiteshi chake chitsva chengarava kupi?  <response>: pedyo neMalacca Strait 