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Sikh Stories of Sacrifice and Bravery Guru Ji Instead of You and You Will Stay Here and Do All of the Housework,” They Said GURDWARA MEDFORD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Sikh Stories of Sacrifice and Bravery Guru Ji instead of you and you will stay here and do all of the housework,” they said. The Sikhs, Chalee Mukhtey who were now ashamed of their actions went back and fought for him at the battle of Mukhtsar against By Inderjot Singh the muhgals. When Guru Ji had won the battle he saw Bhai Maha Singh, the leader of the Sikhs who had The Mughal Emperor was abandoned him, lying on the furious because Guru Gobind Singh battlefield about to die. Guru Ji then Ji’s Khalsas were defeating his army. asked Bhai Maha Singh if there was He ordered his army to lay a siege anything he wished. Bhai Maha on Fort Anandpur to starve the Sikhs Singh then asked Guru Ji to rip up into submission. Months of siege the contract and to forgive him. caused the Sikhs to getting desperate Upon his request Guru Gobind but; Guru Gobind Singh Ji knew that Singh Ji tore up the contract. As he the Mughal army would eventually saw his wish fulfilled he became a retreat. He said to the Sikhs, “We martyr just like his other 39 other will stay inside the fort and keep companions. Today we call these 40 fighting the enemy.” men the “Chalee Mukhtey” or in But some of the Sikhs could English the ”Forty redeemed ones.” not endure the cold and hunger and Who realized their mistake and in wanted to desert the Guru. Guru Ji the end gave their lives for the Guru. said to them that if you will not stay with me you should write a note to For their ultimate that effect. sacrifice, they are remembered daily by Sikhs all over the These Sikhs wrote down, world in the Ardas. The second “You are not our Guru and we paragraph of our daily prayer are not your Sikhs”. begins with Panj Pyare, Char These Sikhs were then given Sahibzade, Chalee Muktey… passage out of their siege. When they arrived at their homes their wives, The Sikh Panth has honored children and villagers were aghast at them by inserting mention of their their actions. “How could you leave deeds immediately after the five Guru Gobind Singh J when he beloved ones and the Tenth Master’s needed you. We will go and fight for brave and gallant children. 104 GURDWARA MEDFORD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE gurUu goibMd isMG jI lyKk: gurSrn kOr ig~l gurU goibMd isMG jI dw jnm 22 dsMbr 1666 eIsvI nUM ptnw ivKy hoieAw[Awp dy ipqw jI dw nwm qyg bhwdur isMG jI sI[ Awp jI dI mwqw dw nwm mwqw gujrI jI sI[ guru jI leI Drm sB qoN ipAwrI cIz sI[ A~T swl dI aumr guru goibMd isMG jI iv~c hI Awp jI ny Awpxy ipqw jI nUM Drm dI Kwqr ihMdUAW dI md~d krn leI ikhw Meaning: Great is the Guru because sI[ He is both the Guru and the follower. 11 nvMbr 1675 nUM gurU qyg guru goibMd isMG jI ny Awpxw swrw bhwdur jI dy ShId hox qoN bwAd 9 swl pirvwr is~K Drm dI Kwqr kurbwn kr dy goibMd rwey nUM gurg~dI qy ibTwieAw id~qw[ igAw sI[ goibMd rwey ny GoV svwrI, qIr mwCIvwVy qoN huMdy hoey Awp nMdyV kmwn Aqy qlvwr clwauxw Awid AnMdpur phuNc ky pMj pYsy Aqy nwrIAl guru grMQ swihb Awky is~Ky[ swihb Agy r~K ky m~Qw tyk k ikhw “Aj qoN gurU grMQ swihb jI hI rihMdI dunIAw 31 mwrc 1699 eIsvI nUM ivswKI q~k Kwlsw pMQ dy gurU rihxgy[ Awp isK vwly idn guru goibMd isMG jI ny pMj pMQ nUM gurU grMQ swihb jI mhwrwj dy lV ipAwirAW nUM AimRq Ckw ky is~K Drm dI lwky, sMn 1708 eIsvI nUM joqI joq smw sQwpnw kIqI[ iPr Awp jI ny pMjW gey[ ipAwirAW qoN AimRq CikAw Aqy goibMd “sB is~Kn ko hukm hY guru mwinE grMQ rwey qoN guru goibMd isMG bx gey[ guru grMQ jI mwinE pRgt gurw kI dyh[“ Meaning: It is hereby Comanded “vwhu vwhu goibMd isMG Awpy gur cylw” Upon all Sikhs that The Granth is henceforth the Guru. The Guru Granth is to be considered the Omnipresent Body of the Guru. 105 GURDWARA MEDFORD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE and Bhai Garja Singh heard this they Brave Sikhs in felt bad and set out to prove that brave Sikhs still existed and that Difficult Times Khalsa Raj was alive. They grabbed two big strong sticks and set up a toll collection point on a nearby bridge. For every cart it was one anaa and By Gurpaven Singh for every donkey it was a paisa. They then wrote a letter to Zakaria Khan. The letter said, The 1730s was a difficult time for the Sikhs. The Mughal Empire “Chithi Likhtam Singh Bota had moved to root out the Sikh Hath Hai Sota, Wich Rah Kaalota religion. Who ever caught or killed Anna Gadda, Paisa Khota a Sikh would be awarded a prize. Jaa Akhee Bhabo Khano Noo Sikh men and women were hunted Aaon Ache Singh Botha.” down like wildlife. Their houses were looted and burned down. When Zakaria Khan received the Many people put humanity aside letter he was furious. So he sent his and took advantage of this soldiers to bring these brave men in situation by collecting the eighty front of him. Commander Jalluddin rupees of reward prizes for a Sikh’s came with 200 soldiers just for two head. men because he knew how well just Punjab Governor Zakaria two Sikh men could fight for there Khan then declared that Sikhs had religion. When the general ordered a been eliminated from his state. But strike with all his men Bota Singh he was wrong. Even though Sikhs said “if you are real a Bahadar send had a bounty on their heads they your men one by one.” The general could not be stopped form getting took up the challenge and lost 20 their blessings from Siri Harmandir men in succession. He then sent 180 Sahib. Two such Sikhs were Bhai men in a single charge. Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh. Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akal! They would travel when the sun The two Sikhs put there back against went down and hide behind bushes each other fought their enemy. They during daytime to escape capture. killed 10 more men with the swings One day they were spotted hiding of their sticks before being martyred. behind some bushes. The man who Even in the toughest of times Bhai spotted them told his friend that Bota and Bhai Garja Singh Khalsa they could not be Sikhs because did not let of the torch of Sikh Panth Sikhs do not hide. When Bhai Bota down. End. 106 GURDWARA MEDFORD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Guru Gobind Singh. But when the Bhai Bachittar elephant was almost at the Gates the next morning, the Sikhs discovered that Dunee Chand had escaped. Singh They later discovered that he had scaled the Fort’s high walls and broke his leg during a jump. He landed near a snake, which bit him. By: Baldeep Kaur Pabla He died out of shame and pain when the story of his cowardice spread to his village. The Guru then pointed to the The Hill Rajas were always petite and small‐bodied Bachittar trying ways to attack, defeat, capture Singh. The Guru seated the 5‐foot or kill Guru Gobind Singh Ji. They Sikh on his own horse, gave him a attacked him with their armies. They Nagnee Barshee (spiral lancer) and joined forces with the Mughal Rulers prepared him to face the elephant. to lay a siege to the Guru’s Forts. Bhai Bachittar Singh ordered They even challenged him to duels the Main gate open as he prepared to with their best swordsmen and face the drunk and trumpeting beast. archers. Nothing worked. So they The enemy stood with their mouths decided to try another method. gaping as they saw Bhai Bachittar They brought an elephant and Singh command his horse to rise on fitted it with metal Armour. They its hid legs and launch his spear into tied a sword to its trunk. They fed it the head of the elephant in a with lots of liquor so that it would be thunderous roar of Bole So Nihal. uncontrollable. They then directed The injured animal retreated and the animal to the main gates of the charged into the enemy soldiers Guru’s fort at Anandpur. It was behind it. Many were killed and expected to break the gates, go in trampled by the angry, frightened and cause a rampage. The enemy and injured animal. forces further planned to enter the The guru was very proud of fort and attack the Khalsa Army. Bhai Bachittar Singh and he gave The Sikhs got wind of this him a beautiful sword in honor of his plan and told the Guru. The Guru bravery. The lance with which the instructed a six‐foot 300‐pound Krah elephant was wounded is kept in the and langgar devouring Sikh called fort of Kesgarh at Anandpur Sahib. Dunee Chand to deal with the End elephant. “They have their own elephant and we have ours,” said 107 GURDWARA MEDFORD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE enemy soldiers. Guru Ji enquired Bhai Kanhaiya from Bhai Sahib about that, to which he replied, ʺI see you alone, my master in every person, I cannot (1648‐1718) distinguish between the Turks, the Sikhs and You. Mere Pathsha Sara Maidaan Ander By: Paramveer Singh Tetho Bagair Koi Nazar Aia Hi Nai ! Jithey Choia Pani Tera Mukh Dise Kise Gaerr De Muh Vich Paia Hi Nahi ! Bhai Kanhaiya was born in Sodhara District now in Pakistan.
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