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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. | '''Baba Baj Singh''' (died 1716), also known as '''Baj Bahadur''', was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India. | ||
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* [[Battle of Jalalabad (1710)]] | * [[Battle of Jalalabad (1710)]] | ||
* [[Battle of Lohgarh]] | * [[Battle of Lohgarh]] | ||
* [[Battle of Gurdas Nangal]] or [[Siege of Gurdaspur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/latermughals/farrukhsiyar/farrukhsiyar.html|title=farrukhsiyar|publisher=Columbia.edu|access-date=16 October | * [[Battle of Gurdas Nangal]] or [[Siege of Gurdaspur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/latermughals/farrukhsiyar/farrukhsiyar.html|title=farrukhsiyar|publisher=Columbia.edu|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 00:24, 18 December 2022
Baba Baj Singh (died 1716), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.
Family
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
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
- 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
- ↑ 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.