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In the East Indies Ceylon alone was recognized by the Colonial Office as a colony. [27] India was under the control of the East India Company, as also were Singapore, Malacca, and Penang. [28] Singapore had been founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, [29] and had become almost immediately an important trading station. [30] Since the Treaty of Amiens, in 1802, Ceylon had been incorporated in the British dominions and governed directly from England. [31] By 1830 rebellion had been put down there, and the colony reduced to order. [32]