Bhai Menghaa Singh Babbar shaaheed

[gupt faujaan]

Shaheed Bhai Kulvant Singh aka. Bhai Menghaa Singh Babbar

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"True Lord, may my body be a sacrifice unto your feet,. Guru, father,

may I

not show my back in the field of battle, and may I be martyred battling

the

enemies of the faith. Guru, Father, have mercy on me, may the enemy's

bullets not hit my back, may I take them upon my chest. Satguru, do not

think of my faults, please let me embrace your feet." This was Bhai

Saahib's

daily prayer before the Guru.

When the time comes for a Sikh to give his head for the Guru, he is

overcome

with eagerness. He considers it his great fortune to give his head for

the

Sikh faith. When it comes time to sacrifice for the faith, the Sikh

doesn't

seek any examples, or justifications, or bribes. No force or fear can

turn

him away from his goal. Living his life according the Guru's bestowed

faith,

he fights the enemy and gives his head for the pure faith and truth and

is

then called a Martyr. Such a warrior always wants that his head should

be

sacrificed for the cause of the Guru.

On June 1st 1984, the thankless Hindu government directed its evil eye

towards the Sikh places of worship and Sackhkhand Sree Darbar Saahib

Amritsar. During this attack, Bh Kulvant Singh Babbar aka. Bh. Mehngaa

Singh

of the organisation Babbar Khalsa had the honour of being the first

martyr

to die fighting those who would defile the sanctity of Sree Darbaar

Saahib.

Just as Bh. Kulvant Singh aka. Bh. Menghaa Singh had the honour of

being the

first martyr in the Darbar Saahib attack, simila

rly, Bh. Kulvant Singh

Babbar/Nagokay had the honour of being the first martyr of the Dharam

Yudh

Morcha. On June 9th, 1982, Bh. Nagokay had every one of his limbs

broken and

after enduring countless tortures, achieved martyrdom and by doing so,

gave

the shattered Panth unity to fight together. During this time Bh.

Amarjeet

Singh DaheRoo gave his martyrdom and increased the Panth's fervour to

battle.

Bh. Kulvant Singh Babbar aka. Bh. Menghaa Singh was born in Yumnanagar

Jagadhri in 1957 in the house of Sd. Partap Singh located in Vishkarma

Nagar. He completed his early education in Yamunanagar. After passing

the

ninth grade, he entered the ITI and took a yearlong course in welding

and

then began to work.

When, during the Vaisakhi of 1978, unarmed Singhs went to protest the

insult

of Guru Saahib being done by the Fake Nirankaris, the unarmed Singhs

were

fired upon and 13 were martyred while countless others were injured.

The spilt blood of the martyrs had a deep effect on Bh. Kulvant Singh

and as

a result, he began attending Keertan Smaagams and would long for the

blessing of amrit day and night. By the grace of the Guru during the

1979

AKJ Holla Mohalla Smaagam at Anandpur Saahib, he presented himself

before

the punj pyaaray and was blessed with amrit.

Bh. Saahib would read books on Sikh history and would try to mould his

life

to match those of old Singhs. He would always be consulting with other

Singhs on the issue of punishing those who had killed Singhs. When the

fake

Nirankaris had a meeting in Jagadhri, Bh. Saahib and his companions

attacked

with fervour and caused the Nirankaris to run away in chaos.

The Police lodged a murder case on these Singhs and Bh. Saahib's

companions

fought this case. Bh. Saahib on the other hand refused to fight the

case

because in his words, "we don't believe in this false government,, so

why

should

we go to courts of a government we have no faith in?" Bh. Saahib

was

acquitted along with the Singhs who chose to attend court proceedings.

With a desire to serve the Panth and punish the persecutors of the

Singhs,

Bh. Kulvant Singh left his home and came to Bibi Amarjeet Kaur, wife of

Shaheed Bh. Fauja Singh, in Amritsar.

In Amrtisar there was a group called the Chaldaa Vaheer, which Bh.

Saahib

joined and served whole-heartedly. Bh. Saahib wore tattered clothes but

refused to accept the Singhs's dasvandh for his own personal use. With

the

Chaldaa Vaheer Bh. Saahib would do the seva of cleaning Darbaar Saahib

early

in the morning, the washing of Akaal Takhat Saahib, kneading of flour

in

Sree Ramdaas Langar, preparing parshadas and also seva in distributing

the

langar. Considering Bh. Fauja Singh's wife and mother to be the family

of a

Shaheed, Bh. Kulvant Singh served them with dedication and love. Bh.

Fauja

Singh's mother gave Bh. Kulvant Singh the love a mother gives to a son.

In September 1979, the Singhs held a camp in Bh. Fauja Singh's Khalsa

Farm

in which the Singhs, in addition to learning Gurmat, also learned

weaponry.

Bhai Saahib took part in this camp with a desire to learn the use of

weapons. During this camp, Bh. Saahib met Bh. Sukhdev Singh, Bh.

Kulvant

Singh Nagokay, Bh. Sulakhan Singh, Bh. Balvinder Singh, Bh. Vadhava

Singh,

Bh. Anokh Singh, Bh. Manmohan Singh and many other Singhs. The Singhs

who

taught the use of weapons loved Bh. Saahib.

After subsequent camps in Sabhravan and Goindvaal, Bh. Saahib became

very

well acquainted with all the Singhs's views and the love between them

increased. They began to stay together in the form of a jathebandee.

All the

Singhs had the goal of finding and punishing the killers of Singhs and

those

who would insult Guru Saahib. The first action the Singhs conducted was

against an

individual who had insulted the saroop of SGGS. And with

this, by

the grace of the Guru, the work of punishing the enemies of the Panth

carried on in secret for the next two years. The Government had no idea

who

conducted these actions but the people declared that the serviced was

being

rendered by the Guru's Shaheedee Fauj who were supporting the Gursikhs.

During this time Bh. Kulvant Singh took part in every action,

considering it

to be service to the Panth. Day and night Bh. Saahib worked to cut the

chains of slavery from the neck of the Sikhs.

In 1982, village leader Surjan Singh Nagokay turned in Bh. Kulvant

Singh

Babbar Nagokay and also gave a full report of the rest of the Singhs.

The

government tortured Bh. Kulvant Singh Nagokay to death and then made a

false

encounter and also put rewards on the heads of all the other Singhs.

Bh.

Kulvant Singh aka. Bh. Mehngaa Singh also had a reward placed on his

head.

The government began to hunt the Singhs and as a result, the Singhs

went

underground. Only a few days had passed in hiding when this beloved of

the

Guru, Bh. Kuvant Singh, left to bathe in Sree Ramdas Sarovar and have

darshan of Guru Saahib. He exclaimed "if the olden Singhs could cut

through

the cordon of their enemies, to have ishnaan and darshan at Darbaar

Saahib,

so can I."

Even during this time in Hiding Bh. Saahib would rise at amrit vela,

bathe

in the sarovar and then attend Aasaa Dee Vaar keertan at Darbaar

Saahib.

After this, he would attend to the seva of the Singhs's langar and also

the

Jora Ghar in addition to arranging weapons for the Jathebandee.

On June 1st 1984 at around 12pm, the CRPF and the BSF, in a

government-sponsored scheme to eliminate the Sikhs, opened a rain of

fire

upon the Singhs at Sree Darbaar Saahib, Darshanee Deeorhee, Langar

Building

and Sree Akaal Takhat Saahib. Bh. Saahib was at Baba Atal

Saahib and

took up

a position there, killing three attacking soldiers. This warrior's

confidence increased and he went up to the top most floor of Baba Atal.

A

sniper fired at Bh. Saahib and the bullet hit him in the forehead. Bh.

Saahib fell to the ground, but when a nearby Singh asked "Menghaa

Singh!!!

How are you??" he replied "Chardee Kalaa!!!".

The Singhs were informed that Bh. Saahib had been hit and Bh. Manmohan

Singh

and others were sent to retrieve him. The Singhs with great effort in

the

rain of bullets brought Bh. Kulvant Singh down from the top most floor

of

Baba Atal and carried him to Guru Nanak Nivaas. There were no medical

facilities or doctors, but the Singhs cleaned the wound and dressed it.

Around this warrior Gurbanee began to be recited and only after the

completion of Sukhmani Saahib did he go and take his place at the feet

of

the Guru. On one hand, the Singhs were fighting the enemy and on the

other,

some Singhs were taking care of the Shaheed's body. Jathedar Sukhdev

Singh

Babbar asked the Gurbanee continue to be recited.

On the evening of June 1st, the firing ended and a message was sent to

the

fallen warrior's mother and father. On the afternoon of June 2nd, the

mother

and father arrived from Yamunanagar at Nanak Nivaas, despite the

curfew.

Mata jee saw her son and said "Son, you've fulfilled your promise. When

you

left home to serve the Panth you asked the Guru for what you have

achieved

today. By fulfilling your words, and giving your life to the Panth, you

have

honoured my womb".

All the Jathebandees in the complex, upon hearing the news of the

Shaheedee

did a final ardaas for Bh. Kulvant Singh, and upon seeing the Shaheed

for

the final time, heaped praise upon his bravery. Whoever meditates upon

the

Guru with a pure heart, for certain, gets the reward. May

we be a

sacrifice

unto this first Shaheed, this blessed soul. This was the first shaheed

who's

body was cremated in the Darbar Saahib complex, despite the

protestations of

the SGPC president. Bh. Saahib was cremated close to Sree Manjee

Saahib.

Jathedar Sukhdev Singh Babbar and other Singhs lovingly bathed Bh.

Saahib's

body and dressed him in the five kakaars, a chola and dumalaa. After

the

final ardaas, he was brought near Sree Manjee Saahib and all the sangat

in

the complex accompanied this procession. Bh. Sujan Singh put a sheet

over

the body on behalf of Baba Jarnail Singh Bhindranvalay. Other

Jathebandees

also put sheets on the body out of respect and covered it with garlands

of

flowers. At the time of cremation, there was a large gathering of the

Sangat

and every Gursikh felt the pain of Bh. Saahib's departure. Bh. Saahib's

father lit the funeral pyre and seeing the rising flames, every Gursikh

felt

the desire to run to battle and die fighting for the faith.

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

bhai sahib even after being shot, continued his phaat, and after he completed his phaat he passed

what a singh

what a sikh

what a human

what a gur-sikh

bolllleeeeeeeeeeeeeee sonihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllll

SAT SIRI AKAAAAAL :nihungsmile:

[Sarbloh Soulja]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

wow, powerful prayer by bhai mengh singh

[Guest SaintSoldier]

He was indeed a great Singh, no doubt about it

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