[8]: 22  However, when these countries started restricting the migration of South Asians coming in, then many Sikhs settled for their second-choice, which was Malaya and Fiji.

[8]: 22  However, if they could not successfully land a security force job, then they often settled for work as caretakers, watchmen, bullock-cart drivers, dairy-keepers, and labourers at the mines.

[8]: 22  Before the end of World War II, the vast majority of Sikhs migrating to Malaya were single men, with few bringing their families with them.

[8]: 66  The officers elected for the Penang Singh Sabha most consisted of higher ranking soldiers, such as subahdar majors.

[note 1][8]: 66 [10] The Khalsa Diwan of Malaya's creation was announced at the Malay State Guides Gurdwara in Taiping after a unanimous desire for the creation of a formal registered Sikh society in Malaya to take care of the religious, cultural, educational and other needs of the local Sikh community.

[11] On 18 January 1918, land from Upper Station Road (currently known as Jalan Stesen Hulu) was given to the Sikhs to build their gurdwara on.

[11] A British man who resided in Perak named Sir William George Maxwell helped gather donations for the new gurdwara.

[8]: 21 In the early 1880's, a small body of Sikh cavalry troops was established to clamp down on highway robberies, which at the time were a very regular occurrence on the pass between Taiping, Kamunting, and Kinta.

[12] In 1900, the Sikh bodyguard unit of the Perak sultan consisted of a native officer, two Duffadars, and twelve Sowars (mounted orderlies).

[12] Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah was the only sultan in the Federated Malay States who possessed a private Sikh mounted personal guard.

[12] Rather than being purely ceremonial in nature, the Sikh bodyguards of the sultan were often tasked with patrolling the mining localities of the Kinta district during periods of trouble.

[12] In 1902, the sultan, along with his Sikh detail, travelled to England for the coronation ceremony of King Edward VII, embarking from Penang aboard the P&O; steamer Ceylon and arriving 30 May 1902 at the Royal Albert Docks.

[note 4][12] Sikh men residing in colonial Malaya usually married women from their own community by going back to Punjab to find a wife.

[citation needed]There exists a Sikh guardian statue at the prayer hall of the Khoo Kongsi temple in Penang.

[15]: 74 Certain Malaysian-Chinese communities burn paper effigies of Sikh watchmen during funerals due to the belief that it will help ensure the soul of the deceased individual will have a safe journey to the afterworld.

Another slide aimed at teaching the origins of Sikhism claimed that founder Guru Nanak had a poor understanding of Islam and had combined it with his surrounding Hindu lifestyle in forming the early foundation of the Sikh faith.

A police report was lodged by the chairman of the Hindu Dharma Association of Malaysia in Sungai Petani district against UTM.