Gurudwaras in Penang

Perai is a small industrial town located opposite the Island of Penang on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It was at one time the hub of the Malayan Railways and the Police Force. In the early years of the 20th Century, there were a few Sikh families in Perai. Some of these Sikhs were […]

At the dawn of the 20th Century, there was a large community of Sikhs in the island of Penang. All these Sikhs used to go to the Diamond Jubilee Gurdwara (Wadda Gurdwara Penang) for prayers and other religious functions. Most of these Sikhs were from the Majha, Malwa or Doaba regions of Punjab. There was […]

In 1881, there was one contingent of Straits Settlements Police stationed in the compound of Fort Cornwallis, Penang. The Sikh Police personnel in this contingent were given a room at the top of the fort to be used as a place of prayers. They converted this room into their Gurdwara Sahib and installed therein their […]

By the 1880’s, there was a large community of Sikhs in Penang mainly in the Straits Settlements Police Force. Some of the Sikhs were employed as watchmen or were dairy farmers. In 1881, there was one contingent of Straits Settlements Police stationed at Fort Cornwallis, Penang where the Sikh police personnel had their own Gurdwara […]

By the beginning of the 20th Century, there were a few Sikhs employed as watchmen by the Straits Trading Company Ltd. in Butterworth. These Sikhs and their families were provided with living. quarters in the ‘Sikh Lines’ near the vicinity of the Company’s smelting works along what is now known as Jalan Pantai. In the […]