 Sikhs began to arrive in Singapore in 1881, to form a Sikh Contingent of the Straits Settlements police force.The first Sikh temple, or "gurdwara", was set up in the police barracks, but it soon could not accommodate the growing Sikh community.A bungalow was purchased for a new temple at Queen Street in 1912, with the assistance of Sindhi merchant by the name of Wassiamull.