Gurudwaras in Sarawak

At the beginning of the 20th Century, there were many Sikhs who were employed by the Sarawak Police Force or the Prisons Department. In 1928 these Sikhs built their first Gurdwara Sahib in Sibu. This Gurdwara Sahib was used as a place of prayer for 30 years before being demolished in late 1959 as its […]

In 1857, the Chinese uprising started in the gold mining town of Bau, which is about 20 miles (about 33 kilometres) from the town of Kuching. Sir James Brooke, the first white Rajah of Sarawak, fled to Singapore where he took refuge with the Governor of the Straits Settlements. He subsequently recruited personnel for the […]

At the beginning of the 20th Century, there were a few Sikhs employed in the Sarawak Police Force stationed at Miri. With the opening of the Shell petroleum refinery, Sikhs were also employed in various posts. By the 1930s, there were about 240 Sikhs in Miri, including their families. The first Gurdwara Sahib building in […]