The British employed many Sikhs from India as cheap labour to enforce law and order in Shanghai during the Taiping civil war, circa 1885.

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A photograph of the Sikhs in the army of Shanghai — Sikhs in the army of Shanghai

The British employed many Sikhs from India as cheap labour to enforce law and order in Shanghai during the Taiping civil war, circa 1885.

A depiction of the Sikhs of Shanghai — Sikhs of Shanghai

This was also during the time of the boxing uprising in 1900.

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