Singapore Sindhi Association (SSA) was formed in 1921 – under the chairmanship of Mr T Naraindas. There were 10 members then & till 1939 – the Association membership figure could rise only up to 21. Today, the total membership of the Association is around 650, many of them resourceful businessmen. The Association bought it’s first property in 1938, at Enggor Street, for the purpose of providing comfortable boarding facilities for the visiting Sindhis & for those, who were in transit – to their destination. In 1947, after the partition of India, Sindhis had to leave their homeland – Sindh (now a part of Pakistan). Sindhis were compelled to find new abode, who were displaced during the partition of India. The need to provide initial help to the immigrants was felt by the Association & to cope with the requirement of providing suitable boarding facilities to the visiting Sindhis, the Association acquired properties at Neil Road & at Oxley Rise, simultaneously, in the late forties. The enterprising Sindhi businessmen had almost flocked to Singapore just before 1950s.
