SHAHEED BABA DEEP SINGH JI (1682-1757)
Baba Deep Singh Ji was born
on the 20th January 1682 A.D. in the village of Pahuwind in district of Amritsar. His father's name was Bhai
Bhagtu. He went to Anandpur on the Vaisakhi of 1700 A.D., where after obtaining
baptism (into Sikhism) he started learning weaponry (Shastar Vidya) and riding
from the Sikhs. From Bhai Mani singh he began learning reading and writing
Gurmukhi and interpretation of Guru's word. After spending two years at the
Guru's institution, he returned to his village, got married and started living
there.
He went to Guru Gobind Singh at Talwandi Sabo
in 1705 AD where he helped Bhai Mani singh
in making copies of Guru Granth sahib. After the Guru Sahib left for Delhi, he
took up the service of looking after Gurudwara Damdama sahib.
In 1709 A.D.,
he joined Baba Banda Singh Ji Bahadur in chastising the tyrants of Sadhaura and
Sirhind. In 1733
A.D. On the day of Visakhi of 1748 A.D., when Dal Khalsa was reorganized into
twelve misls, he was entrusted with the leadership of Shaheedan Misl.
In April 1757 A.D., Abdali was returning to
Kabul from Delhi with precious loot and young men and women as captives (slaves),
Singhs made a plan to rob him of the valuables and set the prisoners free. The squad of Baba Deep singh was deployed
near Kurukshetra. His squad freed large number of prisoners and lightened
the burden of valuables of Abdali considerably. While departing from Lahore,
Abdali appointed his son Taimur Shah as the Governor of Lahore and told him,
"Try to finish the Sikhs". In Accordance with his orders Taimur Shah
started demolishing Gurudwaras and filling the holy pools with debris.
When Baba
Deep singh came to know of the demolition of Darbar Sahib, he narrated it to the congregation (Sangat)
of Damdama Sahib and said, "Diwali
will be celebrated at Amritsar this year."
Five hundred Singhs came forward to go with him. Baba Deep Singh offered
prayers before starting for Amritsar,
“My head may fall at Harminder Sahib." By the time squad reached Taran Tarn the
number of Singhs going with Baba Deep singh reached approximately Five
thousand.
At the news of the approach of Singhs, the
Governor of Lahore sent his general with an army of Twenty thousand to face
them. Both the armies clashed near Gohalwar on the 11th November, 1757 A.D.
Fighting bravely Singhs pushed the army back and reached village Chabba where General Attal Khan came forward and inflicted a blow on Baba Deep Singh
ji which made his neck lean to one side.
A Sikh
reminded him, "You had resolved to
reach the periphery of the pool."(Tuc ardas kiti c k tuc Harmandir Sahib
vikhe hi SEES (head) deoge…)
On hearing
the talk of the Sikh, he supported his
head with his left hand and removing the enemies from his way with the strokes
of his double-edged sword with his right hand, reached the periphery of
Harmindar Sahib where he breathed his last. The Singhs celebrated the
Diwali of 1757 A.D. in Darbar Sahib.
PURJA PURJA KAT MAREY KABHU NAA CHHAADEY KHEYT!!”
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa !!
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh !!
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