Baba Baj Singh (died 1716), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.
Family
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]
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[3]
References
- ↑ History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Munshiram Manoharlal(2001). ISBN 978-8121501651
- ↑ ਬਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ. punjabipedia.org. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ farrukhsiyar. Columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2014.