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Sikh workers of the Death Railway
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5 years ago
The infamous Death Railway from Thailand to Burma was built more than 76 years ago by prisoners of war and slave labourers.
Besides the Tamils, Chinese and Malays, a large group of Sikhs from Malaya also worked on the construction of this railway.
Their grueling role in the railway’s construction remains a little known story.
These were some of the Sikhs who were assigned to the Death Railway.
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