Buffalo Road is possibly the oldest arterial road in the Little India vicinity and appeared on maps as early as 1842. 

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It was so named because cattle were kept at a village located there since 1836. The cattle that once graced this road were housed in bullock stable; some for the production of milk, for their labour in transporting local produce, and others awaiting their fates in nearby slaughterhouses along the junction of Syed Alwi Road and Jalan Besar.

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These days, you would not find a cow grazing upon these streets, but if you look to the walls of these colonial shophouses, you might find a reminder of what used to be.

 

Text adapted from Singapore Infopedia, CurioCity

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