Baba

Baj Singh

Bahadur
Bhai Baj Singh statue at Fatehburj Sahib
BornBaj Singh Bal
Died1716
Delhi, Mughal Empire
Cause of deathExecution

Baba Baj Singh (died 1716; his first name is alternatively spelt as Baaj), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.

Biography

Binod Singh, Kahan Singh, Baj Singh, Daya Singh, and Ram Singh depicted as a Panj Piare group from a gilded panel from Takht Hazur Sahib, Nanded

Baj Singh's family was native to Mirpur Patti, a village in Amritsar district of the Punjab.[1] He was born into a Jat Sikh family of the Bal clan.[2] He was part of a Panj Piare quintet commanded, by Guru Gobind Singh, to accompany Banda Singh Bahadur and provide him counsel on his northwards conquest of Sirhind.[3]

Execution

He was executed on 9 June 1716 on the outskirts of Delhi, on the bank of the Yamuna river along with his seven brothers and Banda Singh Bahadur.

Battles fought by Baj Singh

References

  1. ^ Gupta, Hari Ram (2001). History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 6. ISBN 978-8121501651. Retrieved 24 November 2018. Baj Singh was a Bal Jat of village Mirpur in Parganah Patti1 of Amritsar district.
  2. ^ "ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ" [Baj Singh]. punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  3. ^ Sagoo, Harbans Kaur (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 119. ISBN 9788176293006.
  4. ^ "farrukhsiyar". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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