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Baba Fateh Singh - Baba Zorawar Singh - Mata Gujri


Troops were joined by Hindu hill chiefs ,muhammedan Ranghars and Gujjars of the locality. The mughal governors and hill chiefs have sworn on the Quran and cow, that if the guru leaves the fort he will not be harmed. They fell upon the Guru at Sarsa river. In confusion near the river Sarsa ,Guru's mother, Mata Gujri and his younger sons Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh got separated from him and the Sikhs.
They met a Brahman named Gangu who had been a cook at the Guru's house. Gangu stole Mata Gujri's handbag and valuables and then got angry when Mata Gujri asked him about them. He told the Muhammedan Choudhri of the village and they told the official of Morinda they had got the Guru's sons and mother. Mother and grandsons were arrested and taken to Nawab Wazir Khan, the govenor of Sahinda and confined them to his fort. The Nawab asked for the grandsons and told them their father and 2 elder brothers had been killed in Chamkaur. The Nawab told the grandsons to become Islamic and be rich, but they wanted to follow the way of their descendants, the Gurus. The Nawab asked for them again and pleaded with them but they refused. Sucha Nand a brahman pressed the Nawab to give the order of death. A Pathan said that the Quran says you cannot harm innocent children. Their heads were chopped off after they were squashed between 2 layers of bricks.
A rich Sikh called Todar Mal heared of the Guru's sons and mother had been imprisoned and took a large bag of gold to free them. But he arrived too late. Todar Mal buried and cremated the 3 bodies of the Guru's sons and mother on a site covered with gold coins. Now there is a gurdwara called Joti Sarup. At the place where the 2 sons were bricked and beheaded is a gurdwara called Fatehgarh Sahib. At the tower were Mata Gujri breathed her last stands a gurdwara called Mata Gujri's Burj(tower).

Fatehgarh Sahib

Banda Singh Bahaadur 1708 - 1766

Banda Singh Bahaadur was vegetarian ascetic bairaagi, named Maadhodaas. He was transformed into a Sikh warrior by Guru Gobind Singh and commisioned to rout the tyrannical Mughal rulers from Punjab. Before he left Guru Gobind Singh gave him five of his own arrows as a pledge of victory, and commanded him to act upon the advice of the five Sikhs sent with him.

As Banda Singh Baahadur was proceeding to Punjab, the Sikhs flocked to his banner from all quarters. After many small battles, his army struck at Sarhand. Sarhand represents everything that was repulsive to the Sikhs;