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'''Bhai Bachittar Singh ''' (6 May 1664 – 22 December 1705), often known with the [[honorific]] "[[Martyrdom in Sikhism|Shaheed]]" (martyr), was a [[Sikh]] hero and a general of [[Guru Gobind Singh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Mahan Kosh|last1=Nabha|first1=Kahan Singh|publisher=Punjabi University|location=Patiala}}</ref> His father was [[Bhai Mani Singh]] and he came from Alipur Riyasat Multan.<br />
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==Family background==<br />
Bhai Bachittar Singh was the son of Bhai Mani Singh. He made a name for himself when he single-handedly defeated a drunken elephant let loose by the [[Army of the Mughal Empire]] during the siege of Lohgarh.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Birinder Pal|title='Criminal' Tribes of Punjab|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2010|isbn=978-0-415-55147-2|location=Oxon|pages=47}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
An account cited that after Singh fought on the bank of a stream called Sarsa, where all of his companions perished, he was wounded during an encounter with the Mughal army on his way to Ropar.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grewal|first=J. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDLNDwAAQBAJ&dq=Bhai+Bachittar+Singh+shaheed&pg=PT120|title=Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708): Master of the White Hawk|date=2019-07-25|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-099038-1|language=en}}</ref> Bachittar Singh's wounds proved to be fatal. He succumbed to his injuries and died on 8 December 1705. Nihang Khan had the [[cremation]] performed secretly the following night.<ref>{{cite book | first=Gurbaksh Singh | last=Shamsher | authorlink=Gurbaksh Singh Shamsher| title=Shahidi Jivan| year=1938 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Nihang Khan]]<br />
*[[Kotla Nihang Khan Fort]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* "Regional Briefs: Punjab", ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 6 May 2001.<br />
* [http://www.indtravel.com/punjab/places.html "Punjab places of interest"], ''[http://www.indtravel.com/ Indtravel.com]''. Accessed 4 April 2007.<br />
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