Sikhs in Singapore â A Story Untoldâ features 450 carefully curated artifacts that provide a microcosm of the journey of the Sikhs in Singapore. From just 195 in 1921, Sikhs now number 13,000 in the island nation. An exhibition highlights their phenomenal contribution. SINGAPORE – The Sikh community in Singapore may number just 13,000, but it is by no means obscure, thanks to the several high-profile Sikh professionals, businessmen, sportsmen and armed forces personnel who have made a name for themselves and contributed meaningfully to the island nation. Justice Choor Singh Sidhu went on to become a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore Among the earliest recorded Sikhs in Singapore was Bhai Maharaj Singh, who, along with his disciple Khurruck Singh, had been deported to Singapore as a state prisoner in 1850 for his role in the Anglo-Sikh wars. It was in 1881, after the setting up of the Sikh Police contingent in Singapore, that Sikh migrants started arriving in large numbers.