Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A 1818, an nada Sir Stamford Raffles a matsayin Mataimakin Gwamnan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Bencoolen. Ya ƙuduri aniyar cewa Burtaniya ta maye gurbin Netherlands a matsayin babbar iko a cikin tsibirin, tunda hanyar kasuwanci tsakanin China da Indiya ta Burtaniya, wanda ya zama mai mahimmanci tare da kafa kasuwancin opium tare da China, ya wuce ta tsibirin. Yaren mutanen Holland sun kasance suna hana cinikin Birtaniya a yankin ta hanyar hana Birtaniya yin aiki a tashar jiragen ruwa na Holland ko kuma ta hanyar sanya su zuwa babban haraji. Raffles ya yi fatan kalubalanci Dutch ta hanyar kafa sabon tashar jiragen ruwa tare da Straits of Malacca, babban hanyar jirgin ruwa don cinikin Indiya da China. Ya bukaci tashar jiragen ruwa na uku tun lokacin da Birtaniya ke da tashar jiragen ruwa na Penang da Bencoolen. Wannan tashar jiragen ruwa da ke tsakanin Indiya da Sin tana da kyau sosai domin tana tsakiyar tsibirin Malay. Ya shawo kan Ubangiji Hastings, Gwamna Janar na Indiya da kuma shugabansa a Kamfanin British East India, don tallafawa wani bincike don neman sabon tushe na Birtaniya a yankin.  Tambaya: A ina ne Raffles yake son gina sabon tasharsa?
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