When the British occupied Hong Kong in 1841, they brought along Indian soldiers, who were the first South Asians to arrive here. Indians continued to serve in the military and police force, while others were lured to Hong Kong by opportunities to trade with China in cotton, silk and opium. The earliest traders were Parsees and Bohra Muslims, followed by Sindhis and Gujaratis beginning in the 1920s and ‘30s.
As the community grew, in 1928, the government allotted land to the Hindus, initially for burials and then amended to allow for the construction of a temple.(The cemetery has only a few internments as Hindus prefer to cremate the dead.)
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