 The Sikh community publicly protested in the 1930s against the management of the Muslim and Hindu Endowment Board.In 1940, the colonial government created the Queen Street Gurdwara Ordinance, under which Sikhs were allowed to appoint their own board of trustees, and each of the three factions had equal representation of the board.An all-faction building committee was formed in 1955 to build a new temple.