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| honorific_prefix = Bhatt<br />
| name = Kirat<br />
| honorific_suffix = <br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = Unknown date<br />
| birth_place = [[Sultanpur Lodhi]], [[Lahore Subah]], [[Mughal Empire]] ({{small|Present-day [[Kapurthala district|Kapurthala]], [[Punjab]], [[India]]}})<br />
| death_date = 13 April 1634<br />
| death_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Lahore Subah]], [[Mughal Empire]] ({{small|Present-day [[Punjab]], [[India]]}})<br />
| native_name = <br />
| religion = Sikhism<br />
| known_for = * Contributor of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]<br />
* Jathedar of [[Akal Sena]]<br />
* Martyrdom in Battle of Amritsar (1634)<br />
| relations = * [[Bhatt Bhika|Bhatt Bhikha]] (father) <br />
* [[Bhatt Mathura]] (brother)<br />
| children = * Bhai Bohath (son)<br />
* Bhai Keso Singh Shaheed (grandson)<br />
* Bhai Narbud Singh Shaheed (great-grandson)<br />
* Bhai Hari Singh Shaheed (grandson)<br />
* Bhai Tara Singh Shaheed (great-grandson)<br />
* Bhai Seva Singh Shaheed (great-grandson)<br />
* Bhai Deva Singh Shaheed (great-grandson)<br />
* Bhai Desa Singh Shaheed (grandson)<br />
| title = <br />
}}<br />
'''Bhatt Kirat''' was a [[Brahmin]] bard in the court of [[Guru Arjan]], whose eight hymns are present in [[Guru Granth Sahib]], the holy book of [[Sikh]]s.<ref>Page cxx, The Ādi-Granth, Or: The Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs, Ernst Trumpp, W.H. Allen, 1877</ref><ref>Page 36, The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries), H. S. Singha, Hemkunt Press, 2000 </ref><ref>Page 8, The Sikh Review, Volume 55, Issues 1-6, Sikh Cultural Centre, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/scriptures/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/bhatt-bani thesikhencyclopedia.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223064219/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/scriptures/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/bhatt-bani |date=23 December 2015 }}: BHATT BANI</ref> The title [[Bhatt]] is given to learned Brahmins.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kirat was born, in [[Sultanpur Lodhi]] to [[Bhatt Bhika]], in a [[Gaur Brahmin]] family (of Kaushish gotra) and he was brother of [[Bhatt Mathura]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |url=https://archive.org/details/sikhreferenceboo0000dila/page/71/mode/1up?q=Bhatt |title=The Sikh Reference Book |date=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4|pages=}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> His father's ancestors settled in Sultanpur from [[Ladwa]] village near [[Kurukshetra]] city (present day [[Haryana]]).{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}<br />
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==Battle of Amritsar (1634)==<br />
Bhai Kirat being tired of Mughal oppression, joined the sixth guru, [[Guru Hargobind]] to fight against the [[Mughal Empire]]. He contributed and fought valiantly in [[Battle of Amritsar (1634)|Battle of Amritsar]] and killed Lahore’s Subedar Murtza Khan but because of heavy injury and blood loss, he attained martyrdom on the battlefield.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Dhillon |first=Dalbir Singh |title=Sikhism: Origin and Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=osnkLKPMWykC&q=Gaur |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt Limited |year=1988 |pages=122}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Sikh Bhagats]]</div>Manish