Baj Singh

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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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.

Bhai Baj Singh statue at Fatehburj Sahib

Battles fought by Baj Singh

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.

[Gupta-1] 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.

[2] "ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ" [Baj Singh]. punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 2022-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[3] "farrukhsiyar". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

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