Sikhism in Indonesia (Indonesian: Sikhisme di Indonesia) is a small religious minority in Indonesia. There are about 10,000 to 15,000 Sikhs in Indonesia.[1]
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Police officers of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (including Sikhs) in Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra, ca.1907–1945
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| 10,000-15,000 | |
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| Punjabi • Indonesian |
A record dated to 1828 from the Hakka Chinese state, the Langfang Republic, located in western Borneo, contains an account of "two turbanned and black-bearded Indians", named Nancha Singh and Mika Singh, who were Sikh advisors to the state's army leader about the prospect of recruiting men from India to combat the encroaching Dutch colonists.[2]
A record from 1836 records an man with the surname of McCoy recruiting 50 Sikh workers for his sugar plantation in Australia, with the group stopping in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) en-route to their destination.[2]
Sikh settlement in Sumatra dates back to the 1880's.[2] The early Sikhs who settled in northern Sumatra in the late 19th centry originated from the Jalandhar and Amritsar areas of the Majha and Doaba regions of the Punjab.[2]
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