Mahi Singh

Not to be confused with Bhai Mani Singh.

Bhai Mahi Singh (died 9 September 1712) was a Sikh martyr.[1][2]

Family history

Bhai Mahi Singh belonged to the Kamboj (joshan) landlord family of Sunam. He had taken Amrit from Guru Gobind Singh at the time of the Vaisakhi of 1699. He was the son of Bhai Bhikha Singh, grandson of Bhai Murari, great-grandson of Bhai Bhura, and great-great-grandson of Bhai Sukhia Mandan of Ladwa.[2]

Martyrdom of Bhai Mahi Singh

Bhai Mahi Singh later died, a martyr to the Sikh cause, while fighting valiantly at the Battle of Chappar Chiri under the standard of Banda Bahadur, twenty kilometres from Sirhind on May 12, 1710 AD. Another source states he was martyred on 9 September 1712 by being wrapped in cotton and being burnt to death in Samba alongside his brother, Bhai Dargahi Singh.[2]

References

  1. ^ Navtej Singh (1998). Challenge to imperial hegemony : the life story of a great Indian patriot Udham Singh. Punjabi University. Publication Bureau (1st ed.). Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 32. ISBN 81-7380-529-6. OCLC 40551190.
  2. ^ a b c Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh reference book (1st ed.). Edmonton, Alb., Canada: Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. p. 512. ISBN 0-9695964-2-1. OCLC 37769917.
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