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Even before Vaisakhi 1978, Bhai Fauja Singh’s personality

showed its true colours when in 1972 after the Misri Bajar

incident; Guru Granth Sahib Ji was treated with disrespect.

Bhai Fauja Singh was disgusted at the police who were too

scared to make the arrest of the criminals involved. It was

then that he decided to apprehend the miscreants and after

catching them, he punished them accordingly. He was deeply

saddened by the fact that our ‘Panthic leaders’ tried to keep

the whole incident quiet in case it would lead to some sort of

Hindu-Sikh conflict.

This political expediency, which

sidestepped any notion of love and respect for Guru Sahib Ji,

deeply saddened him. He simply could not understand how

Sikhs could quietly sit by whilst others insulted and treated

Guru Granth Sahib Ji with total disrespect. One question

constantly began to etch itself within his mind;‘What has

happened to the Khalsa Panth?’

This question arose again on 17th October 1975 when the

Sikh Sangat celebrated Sangrand at Gurdwara Bhai Salo Jee.

Langar was being served when a gang of thugs came and

treated Guru Granth Sahib Ji with disrespect and the

assaulted the sewadar and Granthi of the Gurdwara.

They even made plans to burn down the Gurdwara Guru Keh

Mehal that night.When Bhai Fauja Singh heard about this

incident in the evening he got together some Gursikhs and

went there straight away.

First they went to see for themselves the disrespectful

treatment of Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the damage done to

the Gurdwara building.

After seeing this, the Gursikhs started chanting Jaikaras and then stood outside,ready to defend the Guru’s House.The thugs

soon surrounded them from tall buildings on all four sides, and then started throwing stones,bricks and acid bottles at them. Even though

the Gursikh’s clothes and bodies were drenched in blood, they managed to protect the Gurdwara from being burnt down.After 1972,

this was the second painful event to have taken place at the Sikhheadquarters inAmritsar.The PanthicLeaders at that time pretended as if nothing had happened and quite predictably accepted no responsibility.

However, the troublemakers now knew that there were at least a few brave lions amongst the sheep and this wasmore than enough. After this second incident, Bhai Fauja Singh did not sit quietly at home. In October 1975 Bhai Fauja Singh no longer worked in the office. Referring to the

benefits he was receiving, he laughingly said to Professor Gurmukh Singh in 1978 that; “Satguru is having his Sewa done whilst ensuring that I receive my wages from the Punjab Government.

After the 1975 incident Bhai Fauja Singh co-ordinated a newGursikhi Parchaar programme. He mentions in his poem that;the light of faith which seems to be dwindling...” He now decided to rectify this. In 1976 a group of Gursikhs started

preaching the Guru’s message in ten villages within Gurdaspur.Professor Gurmukh Singh was amongst this Jatha.

Bhai Fauja Singh felt that the Sikhs living in cities were not prepared to sacrifice their lives for their Guru; several previous incidents had proved this. So he now turned his attention to the villages so that perhaps the sleeping Panth, which lay dormant within rural life, could be awakened from its slumber.

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Shaheed Baba Darshan Singh Ji was born in the village

of Nawan Vaironangal in the Tehsil of Batala at the house

of Sardar Achher Singh.At the time of Shaheedi his age was

between sixty-five to seventy years old and he was religious

minded from childhood. His mother and father were

Amritdhari and he took Amrit at the age of ten. Even though

he did not get much school education, he was very good at

Gurmat education. He was a Nitnemi and an accomplished

Akhand Paathi.

Apart from the Panj Banis, his Nitnem also included Asa Di

Vaar and Sukhmani Sahib. He remained single for the whole of

his life. He stayed at Cheleana Sahib for twenty years and was

present at the Shaheedi massacre there. Here he took part in

the one hundred and one Akhand Paaths done for the Shaheed

Singhs.Afterwards, two hundred and two Akhand Paaths were

done for the Shaheed Singhs at the village of Kaleh, and Bhai

Darshan Singh stayed there for one and half years doing Sewa

of the Akhand Paaths.

Afterwards he stayed at the Gurdwara Guriana Sahib, the

historical Gurdwara of the sixth Guru in Vaironangal.There he

stayed as a Granthi and did a lot of Sewa teaching many people

Paath from the Guru Granth Sahib and made them into

Akhand Paathis. He would only eat Bebek food prepared by his

own hands and always kept a Sarbloh (iron) Simrana in his

hands.

After doing Sewa at Guriana Sahib for about nine or ten

years he moved to Dera Mehta. Here, Sant Kartar Singh Ji

Khalsa appointed him Jathedar of the land of the Dera. He

carried out this Sewa until the end. He also used to give his

pension to the Dera.

Bhai Sahib went to protest against the insults to Satguru Jee and attained martyrdom with his Khalsa brothers

One day there were about 12 Sikhs from our village who were sitting in conversation with Bhai Sahib. Bibi Jee was there too. He told her that they were so lucky to not have had children. He said that Guru Sahib had blessed them with these children who were already grown up. He recognised the youth as his children and showed them the utmost love and devotion.

Once Bhai Sahib, Bibi Jee and I were coming to the farm. The river was overflowing that day. As we were crossing there were a number of soldiers there too. One of them was ranked as Major and he lit up a cigarette. It appeared that he did this intentionally because he saw Bhai Sahib wearing the full Bana (Khalsa uniform). Bhai Sahib asked him very politely to put out the cigarette because it would be courteous since it was a public place. He just ignored the request and began inhaling longer breaths while smoking. He asked again humbly but again he took no notice. This time Bhai Sahib placed his hand on his Khanda (double edged sword) and shouted at him. Me and Bibi Jee both got worried, we feared what would take place now. He told him that he was trying to make a mockery of his request. He said that if you are the man that you believe you are, you will not put out that cigarette now because I am going to cut you into two pieces. He quickly threw the cigarette into the water and asked for forgiveness.

This was an act of righteousness that was driven by the Naam that resounded in Bhai Sahib's very being. But his personality was a fine balance between the great Khalsa Soldier and the humble Khalsa Saint. Where he upheld righteousness he also helped the needy. This he recognised as his duty and he also recognised the Sikhs in higher regards than his own life. He was forever ready to give his life for them. It was unfortunate that many at that time recognised him as a troublemaker who was always caught up in some sort of strife. Why doesn't he just carry on repeating God's name without getting entangled in these issues. But Bhai Sahib's only concern was the level of deterioration occurring in the Panth and the disrespect given the the Guru.

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Shaheed Bhai Avtar Singh Ji was born in 1912 in the village of Kurala in the district of Hoshiarpur. His mother's name was Ohan Kaur and his father's name was Bhagwan Singh. In his early years he was educated at Moolak Kula primary school. His father was in the army and due to his bravery was awarded land in the village of Mintgomary in Pakistan, and so the whole family moved there. He completed his secondary education there and was married to Bibi Gurbachan Kaur. Bhai Avtar Singh was involved in agricultural work there until Pakistan was formed in 1947. He then returned back to his old village of Kurala and continued farming.

He came to meet Bhai Harnam Singh and Bhai Pritam Singh from Oasuha, and with their Sangat started to read Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh's inspirational books. Upon reading he felt a strong urge to take Amrit and lead a Gursikh way of life, and he also began going to Gurmat Smagams around Talwara and Oasuha with other Gursikhs. He also went to Model Town Ludhiana and met Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh.

Bhai Avtar Singh finally took Amrit with his wife on 13th April 1961, at the Vaisakhi Smagam in Ludhiana. He started wearing the Khalsa uniform (Bana) and also took up the strict Rehat of eating in Sarbloh (iron utensils), which he carried on until the end of his life. Many families were influenced by his high standards of Rehat-Rehni and were inspired to take Amrit.

Bhai Avtar Singh used to visit all the places where the Akhand Kirtani Jatha Smagams were held to enjoy the Kirtan and Naam-Bani. In 1969 the Akhand Kirtani Jatha organised a Yatra to Patna Sahib and Hazoor Sahib by buses and Kirtan was performed at Gurdwaras along the route. Bhai Avtar Singh also took part in that Yatra and also took part in the Sewa of the Panj Pyare in the Smagams.

He had such a desire to do Bhagti that he left the accommodation of his village and erected a hut on his farmland far away from his village, where he performed Guru Granth Sahib's Parkash and started living there until his last days. He would get up at 12 o'clock in the night and after having Ishnaan would start doing Naam-Abyass and continue this until daylight.

He started making arrangement to go to the Vaisakhi Smagam being held in Amritsar by the Akhand Kirtani Jatha. He said farewell to his family and told them to always follow a Gursikh way of life and to love one another and that he was not going to return. Bhai Sahib had decided to leave his home and to stay at the Khalsa farm in Gurdaspur and to accompany the Jatha to do Sikhi Parchar in the nearby villages. He arrived at the Vaisakhi Smagam at Amritsar and was the first person to give Shaheedi.

The Gurmukhs who eye-witnessed his Shaheedi say that when a bullet from the Nirankaris stuck him he immediately fell on the floor. But he quickly regained his composure and sat up cross-legged and started doing Nam-Abyass very loudly and then went into a deep meditative state. As he was sitting there, the Nirankaris smashed lathis on his bare head. Bhai Sahib remained sitting there upright and motionless until his last breath.

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