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''' | '''Baba Baj Singh''' (died 1716), also known as '''Baj Bahadur''', was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India. | ||
{{Infobox Biography | |||
| honorific_prefix = Baba | |||
| name = Baj Singh | |||
| honorific_suffix = Bahadur | |||
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| birth_date = Baj Singh Bal | |||
| death_date = 1716 | |||
| death_place = Delhi, Mughal Empire | |||
| death_cause = Execution | |||
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==Family== | ==Family== | ||
Singh family native to Mirpur Patti, a village in [[Amritsar district]] of the Punjab.<ref name="Gupta">{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Hari Ram |authorlink1=Hari Ram Gupta |title=History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls |date=2001 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal]] |isbn=978-8121501651 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1wwAQAAIAAJ |access-date=24 November 2018 |quote=Baj Singh was a Bal Jat of village Mirpur in Parganah Patti<sup>1</sup> of Amritsar district.}}</ref> | Baj Singh's family was native to Mirpur Patti, a village in [[Amritsar district]] of the Punjab.<ref name="Gupta">{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Hari Ram |authorlink1=Hari Ram Gupta |title=History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls |date=2001 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal]] |isbn=978-8121501651 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1wwAQAAIAAJ |access-date=24 November 2018 |quote=Baj Singh was a Bal Jat of village Mirpur in Parganah Patti<sup>1</sup> of Amritsar district.}}</ref> He was born into a Jat Sikh family of the Bal clan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ |trans-title=Baj Singh |url=https://punjabipedia.org/topic.aspx?txt=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%20%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%98 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=punjabipedia.org |language=Punjabi}}</ref> | ||
==Execution== | ==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]]. | 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]]. | ||
[[File:Bhai Baaj singh statue on Fatehburj sahib.jpg|thumb|Bhai Baj Singh statue at Fatehburj Sahib]] | |||
==Battles fought by Baj Singh== | ==Battles fought by Baj Singh== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:08, 2 July 2023
Baba Baj Singh (died 1716), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.
Family[edit | edit source]
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]
Execution[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Battle of Sonipat
- Battle of Samana
- Battle of Sadhaura
- Battle of Chappar Chiri
- Battle of Jammu
- Battle of Jalalabad (1710)
- Battle of Lohgarh
- Battle of Gurdas Nangal or Siege of Gurdaspur[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ" [Baj Singh]. punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "farrukhsiyar". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2014.