Small in numbers but Sikhs played big role in Malayan development, said former chief justice SS Gill

We are a small community in Malaysia, but as pioneers in the transport business in the early days of the bullock cart and in the army and police force we have played a role in the development of this country which is perhaps out of all proportion to our small numbers. — S.S. Gill, Chief Justice Malaya in a foreword in SIKHS IN MALAYSIA SERIES, VOL TWO – Highlights of a Century 1873-1973 by Malkiat Singh Lopo-Dhaliwal and Mukhtiar Kaur Rattian-Sandhu