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1. Bhai Mati Das is one of the greatest martyrs in Sikh history.
2. Bhai Sati Das and his elder brother Bhai Mati Das belonged to the family of Chhibber Brahmins and were followers of ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.
3. Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Dyal Das were all executed at kotwali(police-station) near the Sunehri Masjid in the Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi, under the express orders of emperor Aurangzeb.
4. Born to a Brahmin family of the Chhibber clan, Bhai Mati Das belonged to the village of Karyala, a stronghold of the Chhibbers, in the Jhelum District in Punjab (Pakistan), about ten kilometres from Chakwal on the road to the Katas Raj Temple Complex.
5. His grandfather, Bhai Praga, had embraced the Sikh faith in the time of Guru Hargobind and had taken part in battles with the Mughal forces.