• Source: Baj Singh
    • Baba Baj Singh (died 9 June 1716; his first name is alternatively spelt as Baaj), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.


      Biography



      Baj Singh's family was native to Mirpur Patti, a village in Amritsar district of the Punjab. He was born into a Jat Sikh family of the Bal clan. He was part of a Panj Piare quintet commanded, by Guru Gobind Singh, to accompany Banda Singh Bahadur and provide him counsel on his northwards conquest of Sirhind.


      = Execution

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      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


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