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| honorific_prefix = Sepoy/Captain "Baba" | |||
| name = Baba Harbhajan Singh | |||
| birth_date = 30 August 1946 | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1968|10|4|1946|8|30}} | |||
| death_place = South-east [[Sikkim]] | |||
| rank = Sepoy/ Captain (Honorary) | |||
| servicenumber = 2456687<ref name=":honourpoint" /> | |||
| unit = 23rd Punjab Regiment | |||
| awards = [[Maha Vir Chakra]] | |||
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[[Sepoy]]/[[Honorary Captain]] '''"Baba" Harbhajan Singh'''{{Efn|He is often confused with Maj Harbhajan Singh who was martyred in battle at the {{convert|14,500|ft}} Nathu La, a mountain pass between Tibet and Sikkim where many battles took place between the Indian Army and the PLA during the 1967 Chino-Indian war.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MAJ HARBHAJAN SINGH (IC-14655)|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1312|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.gallantryawards.gov.in|publisher=Gallantry Awards. Ministry of Defence, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911044442/https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/1312 |archive-date=11 September 2021 }}</ref>}} (1946-1968) was an [[Indian Army]] soldier who served from 30 June 1965 to 4 October 1968. He was posthumously awarded [[Maha Vir Chakra]], India's second highest gallantry award. | |||
==Life and military career== | ==Life and military career== | ||
Harbhajan Singh was born into a [[Sikh]] family on 30 August 1946 in the village of Sadrana (now in Pakistan). He completed his preliminary education at a village school, and then matriculated from | Harbhajan Singh was born into a [[Sikh]] family on 30 August 1946 in the village of Sadrana (now in Pakistan). He completed his preliminary education at a village school, and then matriculated from DAV High School in [[Patti, Punjab]], in March 1965. He enlisted as a soldier in [[Amritsar]] and joined the [[Punjab Regiment (India)]].<ref name=":honourpoint">{{Cite web|title=Sepoy Harbhajan Singh|url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/sepoy-baba-harbhajan-singh/|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2021|website=honourpoint.in (Honourpoint)|date=4 October 1968 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044216/https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/sepoy-baba-harbhajan-singh/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 }}</ref> | ||
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==Death, legacy and associated legend== | |||
[[ | Singh was martyred in 1968 near the [[Nathu La]] (pass) in eastern [[Sikkim]], India. A board besides his shrine describes that he was martyred after falling into a ''nullah'' while escorting a mule column from Tuku La to Dongchui La. | ||
== | Harbhajan Singh's early death at the age of 22 is the subject of legend and religious veneration that has become popular among Indian Army regulars (''jawans''), the people of his village and apparently soldiers of the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) across the border guarding the Indo-Chinese border between Sikkim and Tibet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Jha|first=Rajan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5KyDwAAQBAJ|title=FACE OFF: A War that Never Ends|date=2018-06-02|publisher=Girje Publisher|isbn=978-81-937915-0-9|pages=52|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Mannewar|first=Prafulla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLEcEAAAQBAJ|title=Curiously Wandering|date=2021-02-14|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63714-511-1|pages=Chapter 1: Hero of Nathula|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Saksena|first=Abhishek|date=25 January 2021|title=The Hero Of Nathula Pass – Spirit Of Baba Harbhajan Singh That Guards India's Border|language=en|work=indiatimes.com|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/the-hero-of-nathula-pass-ghost-of-baba-harbhajan-singh-that-guards-India-s-border-247635.html|access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> | ||
[[File: Baba Harbhajan Singh.JPG| | {{Infobox monument|name=Baba Harbhajan Singh memorial and shrine|location=On the route between [[Sherathang]] and [[Kupup]] (NH 717B), Sikkim, India|coordinates={{coords|27.36587|88.83790}}|image={{Photomontage | ||
He has come to be known as "Saint Baba".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baba Harbhajan Singh: A Dead Soldier still on duty|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZrFEY6tSg8|website=youtube.com|accessdate=15 January 2017|date=4 July 2015}}</ref> Every year on 11 | | photo1a = Harbhajan Singh memorial (7348781594).jpg | ||
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File:Baba Mandir - View Outside.jpg|Plaque at Baba Harbhajan Singh's shrine. | |||
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File:Baba Harbhajan Singh Plaque.jpg|Plaque at Baba Harbhajan Singh's shrine. | |||
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He has come to be known as "Saint Baba".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baba Harbhajan Singh: A Dead Soldier still on duty|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZrFEY6tSg8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/lZrFEY6tSg8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=youtube.com|accessdate=15 January 2017|date=4 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Every year on 11 September, a jeep departs with his personal belongings to the nearest railway station, [[New Jalpaiguri]], from where it is then sent by train to the village of [[Kuka, Punjab|Kuka]], in the [[Kapurthala district]] of the Indian state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. While empty berths on any train of the Indian Railways are invariably allocated to any waitlisted passenger or on a first-come-first-served basis by the coach attendants, a special reservation for the Baba is made. Every year a seat is left empty for the journey to his hometown and three soldiers accompany the Baba to his home. A small sum of money is contributed by soldiers posted in Nathula to be sent to his mother each month and his village still remembers him as martyr and undertook the initiative to help his family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=16 October 2006|title=38 years after death, Capt Harbhajan Singh guards border with China 'in spirit'|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20061016-capt-harbhajan-singh-guards-indo-china-border-after-death-784503-2006-10-16|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-26|website=India Today|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720062914/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20061016-capt-harbhajan-singh-guards-indo-china-border-after-death-784503-2006-10-16 |archive-date=20 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Samuel|title=Harbhajan Singh of Upper Sikkim|work=himalmag.com|url=http://www.himalmag.com/2002/march/travel.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060807010626/http://www.himalmag.com/2002/march/travel.htm|archivedate=7 August 2006}}</ref> | |||
== In popular culture == | == In popular culture == | ||
[[Bhuvan Bam]] and [[Divya Dutta]] came together for a short-film which was loosely based on Singh's life and legacy. The film was directed by [[Jyoti Kapur Das]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Plus Minus | [[Bhuvan Bam]] and [[Divya Dutta]] came together for a short-film, ''Plus-minus'', which was loosely based on Singh's life and legacy. The film was directed by [[Jyoti Kapur Das]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Plus Minus|date=14 September 2018|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/plus-minus/movieshow/69020666.cms|publisher=Entertainment Times, The Times of India|access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref> It won the Best Short Film at the [[64th Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-31|title=Bhuvan Bam, Divya Dutta on their short film Plus Minus winning big at Filmfare Awards 2019|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bhuvan-bam-divya-dutta-on-their-short-film-plus-minus-winning-big-at-filmfare-awards-2019-6358951.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521104654/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bhuvan-bam-divya-dutta-on-their-short-film-plus-minus-winning-big-at-filmfare-awards-2019-6358951.html |archive-date=21 May 2019 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:People from Punjab, India]] | [[Category:People from Punjab, India]] | ||
[[Category:Punjabi people]] | [[Category:Punjabi people]] | ||
[[Category:Sikh warriors]] | [[Category:Sikh warriors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:20, 25 December 2022
Sepoy/Captain "Baba" Baba Harbhajan Singh | |
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| Born | 30 August 1946 |
| Died | 4 October 1968 (aged 22) South-east Sikkim |
| Rank | Sepoy/ Captain (Honorary) |
| Service number | 2456687[1] |
| Unit | 23rd Punjab Regiment |
| Awards | Maha Vir Chakra |
Sepoy/Honorary Captain "Baba" Harbhajan Singh[lower-alpha 1] (1946-1968) was an Indian Army soldier who served from 30 June 1965 to 4 October 1968. He was posthumously awarded Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award.
Life and military career[edit | edit source]
Harbhajan Singh was born into a Sikh family on 30 August 1946 in the village of Sadrana (now in Pakistan). He completed his preliminary education at a village school, and then matriculated from DAV High School in Patti, Punjab, in March 1965. He enlisted as a soldier in Amritsar and joined the Punjab Regiment (India).[1]
Death, legacy and associated legend[edit | edit source]
Singh was martyred in 1968 near the Nathu La (pass) in eastern Sikkim, India. A board besides his shrine describes that he was martyred after falling into a nullah while escorting a mule column from Tuku La to Dongchui La.
Harbhajan Singh's early death at the age of 22 is the subject of legend and religious veneration that has become popular among Indian Army regulars (jawans), the people of his village and apparently soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) across the border guarding the Indo-Chinese border between Sikkim and Tibet.[3][4][5]
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| Coordinates | 27°21′57″N 88°50′16″E / 27.36587°N 88.83790°E |
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| Location | On the route between Sherathang and Kupup (NH 717B), Sikkim, India |
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Plaque at Baba Harbhajan Singh's shrine. -
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Plaque at Baba Harbhajan Singh's shrine.
He has come to be known as "Saint Baba".[6] Every year on 11 September, a jeep departs with his personal belongings to the nearest railway station, New Jalpaiguri, from where it is then sent by train to the village of Kuka, in the Kapurthala district of the Indian state of Punjab. While empty berths on any train of the Indian Railways are invariably allocated to any waitlisted passenger or on a first-come-first-served basis by the coach attendants, a special reservation for the Baba is made. Every year a seat is left empty for the journey to his hometown and three soldiers accompany the Baba to his home. A small sum of money is contributed by soldiers posted in Nathula to be sent to his mother each month and his village still remembers him as martyr and undertook the initiative to help his family.[7][8]
In popular culture[edit | edit source]
Bhuvan Bam and Divya Dutta came together for a short-film, Plus-minus, which was loosely based on Singh's life and legacy. The film was directed by Jyoti Kapur Das.[9] It won the Best Short Film at the 64th Filmfare Awards.[10]
References[edit | edit source]
- Notes
- References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sepoy Harbhajan Singh". honourpoint.in (Honourpoint). 4 October 1968. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ "MAJ HARBHAJAN SINGH (IC-14655)". www.gallantryawards.gov.in. Gallantry Awards. Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ Jha, Rajan (2 June 2018). FACE OFF: A War that Never Ends. Girje Publisher. p. 52. ISBN 978-81-937915-0-9.
- ↑ Mannewar, Prafulla (14 February 2021). Curiously Wandering. Notion Press. pp. Chapter 1: Hero of Nathula. ISBN 978-1-63714-511-1.
- ↑ Saksena, Abhishek (25 January 2021). "The Hero Of Nathula Pass – Spirit Of Baba Harbhajan Singh That Guards India's Border". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ "Baba Harbhajan Singh: A Dead Soldier still on duty". youtube.com. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Unnithan, Sandeep (16 October 2006). "38 years after death, Capt Harbhajan Singh guards border with China 'in spirit'". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ Thomas, Samuel. "Harbhajan Singh of Upper Sikkim". himalmag.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2006.
- ↑ Plus Minus, Entertainment Times, The Times of India, 14 September 2018, retrieved 7 May 2021
- ↑ "Bhuvan Bam, Divya Dutta on their short film Plus Minus winning big at Filmfare Awards 2019". Firstpost. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.