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[[File:Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya.jpg|thumb|Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya]] | [[File:Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya.jpg|thumb|Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya]] | ||
'''Kushal Singh Dahiya''' or '''Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya''' was a [[Jat]] from the village of [[Badhkhalsa]] in what is now [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]], India. He offered his head in place of that of the Guru [[Tegh Bahadur]], which was being taken to [[Anandpur Sahib]] by [[Bhai Jiwan Singh]] and which [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] wanted to seize. Dahiya was thus killed for that purpose.<ref name="pioneer">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/cm-unveils-statue-of-kushal-singh-dahiya.html|title=CM unveils statue of Kushal Singh Dahiya|last=Pioneer|first=The|work=The Pioneer|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9oYHCC7FTYwC&pg=PA171|title=Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur|last=Singh|first=Darshan|date=2003|publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors|isbn=9788179750322|language=en}}</ref> | '''Kushal Singh Dahiya''' or '''Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya''' was a [sikh] [[Jat]] from the village of [[Badhkhalsa]] in what is now [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]], India. He offered his head in place of that of the Guru [[Tegh Bahadur]], which was being taken to [[Anandpur Sahib]] by [[Bhai Jiwan Singh]] and which [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] wanted to seize. Dahiya was thus killed for that purpose.<ref name="pioneer">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/cm-unveils-statue-of-kushal-singh-dahiya.html|title=CM unveils statue of Kushal Singh Dahiya|last=Pioneer|first=The|work=The Pioneer|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9oYHCC7FTYwC&pg=PA171|title=Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur|last=Singh|first=Darshan|date=2003|publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors|isbn=9788179750322|language=en}}</ref> | ||
There is a memorial to Dahiya at Badhkhalsa Memorial Complex, Rai, in Sonipat.<ref name="pioneer"/> | There is a memorial to Dahiya at Badhkhalsa Memorial Complex, Rai, in Sonipat.<ref name="pioneer"/> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:02, 8 May 2022
Kushal Singh Dahiya or Bhai Kushal Singh Dahiya was a [sikh] Jat from the village of Badhkhalsa in what is now Sonipat, Haryana, India. He offered his head in place of that of the Guru Tegh Bahadur, which was being taken to Anandpur Sahib by Bhai Jiwan Singh and which Mughals wanted to seize. Dahiya was thus killed for that purpose.[1][2]
There is a memorial to Dahiya at Badhkhalsa Memorial Complex, Rai, in Sonipat.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Sikh sites in Haryana
- Brahma Sarovar
- Kapal Mochan
- Lohgarh, capital of Banda Singh Bahadur
- Pehowa
- Sadaura
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pioneer, The. "CM unveils statue of Kushal Singh Dahiya". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ Singh, Darshan (2003). Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Anamika Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 9788179750322.