Partially funded by the National Heritage Board, the Sikh Heritage Trail app was developed by Ishvinder Singh, a 29-year-old project engineer in an aerospace company, and was launched yesterday, The Sunday Times reported. The app trail through Bukit Brown Cemetery and its surrounding cemeteries, home to 30 pairs of Sikh guard statues, is also featured in the app. His unmarked tomb in the forested grounds, where Singapore General Hospital is today, was relocated to the Silat Road Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) in 1966. Available both on the Android Google play store and the Apple app store, the SGD 20,000-app covers a trail of Sikh imprisoned in 1850 in Singapore, then a penal colony of British Empire. The app is available on both Android Play store and Apple app store and it covers trails of Sikhs who were imprisoned in 1850, in Britihs ruled Singapore The app is available on both Android Play store and Apple app store and it covers trails of Sikhs who were imprisoned in 1850, in Britihs ruled SingaporeA mobile app exploring Sikhs’ history in Singapore has been launched here, according to media reports.

Source: Indian Express June 12, 2016 03:00 UTC