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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
=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