Kranji
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| English | Kranji |
| Chinese | 克兰芝 |
| (Pinyin | Kèlánzhī) |
| Malay | Kranji |
| Tamil | கிராஞ்சி |
Kranji is an area in Singapore, located about 22 kilometres (15 miles) north of the city centre.
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[edit] Etymology
Kranji is named after a local tree, the kranji or keranji (Dialium indicum), which was common in the first half of the nineteenth century but has since rapidly dwindled.
[edit] History
The first Singapore-Kranji railway from Tank Road to Kranji was opened in 1903. In 1909, the Johor State railway was opened and after the completion of the Causeway in 1923, the lines were joined to become the Federated Malay States Railway.
Kranji served as a military camp before the 1939 Japanese invasion, and now is the home of the Kranji War Cemetery and Kranji War Memorial, for the 30,000 British war dead from Singapore, Malaya, Java and Sumatra.
Now an industrial area, road names such as Kranji Loop and Kranji Way were conferred in 1971.
[edit] Highlights
The Singapore Turf Club operates Kranji Racecourse, the only horse racing race course in Singapore. It is located next to the Kranji MRT Station.
There is also a reservoir in Kranji, known as Kranji Reservoir, formed by the damming of the Kranji River.
[edit] References
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
- Romen Bose (2006), "Kranji - The Commonwealth War Cemetery and the Politics of the Dead", Marshall Cavendish Editions, ISBN 981-261-275-0
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