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Bhai Dharam Singh (1666–1708), one of the Panj Pyare or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of Khalsa. He was the son of Chaudhary Sant Ram and Mai Sabho of the village Saifpur-Karamchandpur, Hastinapur, Meerut District.

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Kuir Singh, Gurbilas Patshahi 10. Patiala, 1968
Chhibbar, Kesar Singh, Bansavalinama Das Patshahian Ka. Chandigarh, 1972
Santokh Singh, Bhai, Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar 1926-37
Macauliffe, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909
Harbans Singh, Guru Gobind Singh. Chandigarh, 1966

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-'''Bhai Dharam Singh''' (1666–1708), one of the [[Panj Pyare]] or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of [[Khalsa]].He was the son of Chaudhary Sant Ram and Mai Sabho a  [[Hindu]], [[Jat]] of the village Saifpur-Karamchandpur, [[Hastinapur]], [[Meerut District]].
+'''Bhai Dharam Singh''' (1666–1708), one of the [[Panj Pyare]] or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of [[Khalsa]].  He was the son of Chaudhary Sant Ram and Mai Sabho of the village Saifpur-Karamchandpur, [[Hastinapur]], [[Meerut District]].
-==Joins 10th Guru==
-Dharam [[Singh (surname)|Singh]], as he was originally named, was born around 1666. As a young man, he fell into the company of a [[Sikh]] who introduced him to the teachings of the [[Guru]]s. He left home at the age of thirteen in quest of further instruction. At the Sikh shrine of Nanak Piau, dedicated to [[Guru Nanak]], he was advised to go to [[Guru Gobind Singh]] at [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]], where he arrived in 1698.
-==Offered his head==
-A few months later came the historic [[Baisakhi]] congregation at which five Sikhs responding to five successive calls of [[Guru Gobind Singh]] offered one after the other to lay down their heads. Dharam Singh was one of those five. The Guru blessed them and called them [[Panj Pyare]], the five beloved of him. They were anointed as the first five members of the brotherhood of the [[Khalsa]] inaugurated on that day. [[Guru Gobind Singh]] then asked them to administer to him the vows of initiation.
-==Delivered Zafarnamah==
-Dharam Singh, took part in the battles of [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]]. He was in [[Guru Gobind Singh]]'s train when [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]] and thereafter [[Chamkaur]] were evacuated. He accompanied [[Bhai Daya Singh]] to the South to deliver [[Guru Gobind Singh]]'s letter, the [[Zafarnama (letter)|Zafarnamah]], to [[Emperor Aurangzeb]].
-==Support of Prince Mua'zzam==
-During the war of succession following the death of Aurangzib on 20 February 1707, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] took the part of the rightful claimant to the imperial throne, Prince Mua'zzam, and sent for his help Bhai Dharam Singh who with his small band of [[Sikh]]s fought in the battle of Jajau (8 June 1707). He accompanied [[Guru Gobind Singh]] to [[Nanded]] and was with him at the time of his death on 7 October 1708.
-==Return home==
-Dharam Singh died at [[Nanded]]. A [[Gurdwara]] there preserves the memory jointly of Bhai Dharam Singh and [[Bhai Daya Singh]].
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