Baj Singh Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Baba
Baj Singh
Honorific Suffix:	Bahadur
Birth Date:	Baj Singh Bal
Death Date:	9 June 1716
Death Place:	Delhi, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire
Death Cause:	Execution

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.^[1] He was born into a Jat Sikh family of the Bal clan.^[2] 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.^[3]

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^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gupta . Hari Ram . Hari Ram Gupta . History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls . 2001 . . 978-8121501651 . 6 . 24 November 2018 . Baj Singh was a Bal Jat of village Mirpur in Parganah Patti¹ of Amritsar district..
2. Web site: ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ . Baj Singh . 2022-08-21 . punjabipedia.org . Punjabi.
3. Book: Sagoo, Harbans Kaur . Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty . Deep & Deep Publications . 2001 . 9788176293006 . 119.
4. Web site: farrukhsiyar. Columbia.edu. 16 October 2014.