Gurudwaras in Negeri Sembilan

By 1890, there were about 1O Sikh Police personnel in Jelebu under the command of Inspector Hennessey. Due to the efforts of Sergeant Sadhu Singh Tharu, a part of the police barracks was converted into a Gurdwara Sahib for the Sikhs. The Holy Book, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, written in the old traditional Rir’ […]

Gurdwara Sahib Mantin, in the Mukim of Setul, is believed to have been built in the early 1890’s and is the oldest Sikh Gurdwara in the State of Negeri Sembilan. This Gurdwara Sahib was made of wooden planks with attap roof, which was later changed to zinc. It is situated on a three and a […]

In 1881, the para-military Police force under the command of W.W. Douglas, had 75 Sikhs stationed at Sungei Ujong (Seremban). A few of the early Sikhs who settled around Seremban town were cattle owners. They owned bullock carts, which were used for transport. Around 1900, these Sikhs built the first Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Seremban […]

No. 60A Jalan Besar (Main Road), 73000 Tampin, Negeri Sembilan The first Sikhs arrived in Tampin around the late 1920’s. Most of them were employed as policemen, railway workers, bus and lorry drivers, cattle owners or rubber estate workers. Their religious ceremonies and prayer needs were taken care of by the neighbouring Gurdwaras of Malacca […]

In the early 1900’s, there were a few Sikhs employed in the Police force. Some worked in the tin mines while others ventured into dairy farming. Between 1908 and 1910, they built their first Gurdwara Sahib, which had wooden walls and a roof of zinc sheets, on a piece of land, about is 0.77O acres […]

1″ Mile, Jalan Pantai, 71000 Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan The Gurdwara Sahib Port Dickson was first set up around 1917 in Coffee Mill Road in Port Dickson town. Most of the Sikhs in Port Dickson were employed as drivers of the petrol tankers while some were involved in the petroleum industry like Sardar Ginder Singh […]