Sahibzada Ajit Singhji Description Ajit Singh (11 February 1687 – 7 December 1705), the eldest of four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito ji (also known as Mata Sundari ji) at Paonta sahib on 11 February 1687. The following year, Guru Gobind Singh returned with the family to Anandpur where Ajit […]

Sahibzada Jujhar Singhji Description Baba Jujhar Singh was the second son of Guru Gobind Singh. He was born in March 1689. He, too, had the same training as his elder brother. Like Baba Ajit Singh, he accompanied the Guru to Chamkaur. Jujhar Singh had also watched his elder brother fighting with the enemy. He had […]

Sahibzada Zorawar Singhji Description Zorawar Singh (November 28, 1696 – December 26, 1705), the third son of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito Ji (also known as Mata Sundari Ji) at Anandpur on November 28, 1696. He was barely nine years old at the time of the evacuation of Anandpur on the night […]

Sahibzada Fateh Singhji Description Fateh Singh (12 Dec 1699 – December 26, 1704), the Youngest son of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito Ji (also known as Mata Sundari Ji) at Anandpur. He was barely Six years old at the time of the evacuation of Anandpur on the night of December 20, 1704. […]

Mata Gujri Ji Description Mata Gujri (1624 -1705) (whose formal name was ‘Mata Gujar Kaur’) was the wife of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur The mother of the tenth and last human Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh and the grandmother of the four Sahibzade. She was born in 1624 and was the daughter […]

Baba Deep Singhji Description Most Honoured Martyrs in Sikh History and Highly Religious Sikh Baba Ji was born January 26, 1682, (14 Maagh Sunmat 1739) the son of Bhai Bhagata Ji and Mai Jeoni Ji, a Sikh couple living in Pahuvind, a village 40 km southwest of Amritsar. Baba Ji’s parents were hard working jatt […]

Mata Sundriji Description Mata Sundriji was the daughter of Bhai Ram Saran, a Kumarav Khatri of Bajwara, in present-day Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab. She was married to the tenth Sikh Guru at Anandpur on 4 April 1684. The father-in-law had desired that the bridegroom should come at the head of a marriage party to […]

Baba Buddhaji Description An Epitome of Sikhi and Grand Old Man of Sikhdom Baba Buddha ji (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631), a prime figure in early Sikhism. He was one of the earliest disciples of Guru Nanak. He performed the formal coronation ceremonies of 5 sikh gurus, till Guru Hargobind. It is said […]

Hari Singh Nalwa Description Commander in Chief of Ranjit Singh Kingdom (1791 – 1837) Hari Singh Nalwa was born in Gujranwala in 1791 in the Uppal family to Sardar Gurdial Singh and Dharam Kaur. He was an only child, and his ancestors were originally from Majitha town near Amritsar. His grandfather, Sardar Hardas Singh, engaged […]

Bhai Taru Singh ji Description One of the great Martyrs of Sikhism: We always quote in Ardas (Sikh Prayer) for Bhai Taru Singhji: Jinhaan’ singhaan’ singhaniaan’ nae dHaram haet sees deettae, baaNd baaNd kataa-ae, Khopariaan’ luhaa-ee-aan’, charkharee-aan’ tae charhae, aare-aan’ naal chiraa-ae ga-ae, Gurduaare-aan’ dee saevaa la-ee kurbaaniaan’ keeTee-aan’, dHaram naheen’ haareaa, Sikhee kaesaan’ svaasaan’ […]