Baba Deep Singh Jee

[Khalasthan86]

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

What was Baba Deep Singh Jee's age when He defended Sri Harmandir Sahib?

When Baba Jee was defending Sri Harmandir Sahib, was he the mukhee of Damdami Taksaal?

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

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From Sikhi Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....a_Deep_Singh_Ji

Baba Deep Singh, aged 75-years old, felt that it was up to him to atone for the sin of having let the Afghans desecrate the shrine. He emerged from scholastic retirement (he had been making copies of the Guru Granth Sahib), and declared to a congregation at Damdama Sahib that he intended to rebuild the temple. Five hundred men came forward to go with him. Deep Singh offered prayers before starting for Amritsar: "May my head fall at the Darbar Sahib." As he went from hamlet to hamlet, many villagers joined him. By the time baba Deep Singh reached Tarn Taran Sahib, ten miles from Amritsar, over five thousand peasants armed with hatchets, swords, and spears accompanied him.

Martyrdom - Two Versions

According to the Sikh legend, Baba Deep Singh had vowed to avenge the desecration of the Golden Temple by the Afghan army. In 1757, he led an army to defend the Golden Temple. The Sikhs and the Afghans clashed, in the battle of Amritsar, at the village of Gohalwar on November 11, 1757, and in the ensuing conflict Baba Deep Singh was decapitated.

Version One

The first version has it that Deep Singh continued to fight after having been decapitated, slaying his enemies with his head in one hand and his sword in the other. In this version, only upon reaching the sacred city of Amritsar did he stop and finally die. This tale recalls the words of the first Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji:

Shouldst thou wish to play the game of love,

come unto my Path with thy head on thy palm.

And, once you step unto this path,

You may well give up thy head, rather than the cause.

Version Two

In the other version it is said "Fighting bravely Singhs pushed the army back and reached village Chabba where General Attal Khan came forward and inflicted a blow on Baba Deep Singh ji which made his neck lean to one side. A Sikh reminded him, "You had resolved to reach the periphery of the pool." On hearing the talk of the Sikh, he supported his head with his left hand and removing the enemies from his way with the strokes of his double-edged sword with his right hand, reached the periphery of Harmindar Sahib where he breathed his last. The Singhs celebrated the Bandhi-Sor Divas of 1757 A.D. in Harminder Sahib".

The Sikhs recovered their prestige by defeating the Afghan army and the latter were forced to flee.

The spot where the legend Baba Deep Singh's head fell is marked in the Golden Temple complex, and Sikhs from around the world pay their respects there. Baba Deep Singh's 30 kg Khanda (double-edged sword), which he used in his final battle, is still preserved at Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, one of the five centers of temporal Sikh authority.

Baba Deep Singh Ji was blessed (particularly that day) with the might of the Khalsa. To keep his 'sees' (head) held whilst he fought, can only be achieved by an exceptionally blessed individual.

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Satnam Sri Waheguru

I humbly bow forever at this brahmyanis lotus feet

Satnam Ji.

From Sikhi Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....a_Deep_Singh_Ji

Baba Deep Singh Ji was blessed (particularly that day) with the might of the Khalsa. To keep his 'sees' (head) held whilst he fought, can only be achieved by an exceptionally blessed individual.

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Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

What was Baba Deep Singh Jee's age when He defended Sri Harmandir Sahib?

When Baba Jee was defending Sri Harmandir Sahib, was he the mukhee of Damdami Taksaal?

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

Akali Baba Deep Singh was the first jathedaar of Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal, he was very close to Guru Gobind Singh Ji and was well versed in Gurbani, so much that Guru Gobind Singh Ji decided to start a school (Taksal) to teach the recitation of Gurbani he requested that Akali Baba Deep Singh also become the first jathedaar of the newly made Taksaal.

Akali Baba Deep Singh then started off the lineage of teaching Gurbani Santhiyaa to the students of the new Taksaal. Akali Baba Deep Singh ji gave shaheedi (head in hand) re-capturing Harimandir sahib and then the jathedaari of Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal was passed to Akali Baba Gurbaksh Singh, because Akali Baba Gurbaksh Singh was the leader of the Tarna Dal he then also became the jathedaar of the Taksaal.

[Khalasthan86]

so, i would be right if i said that baba deep singh was

mukhee damdami taksaal, while he defended sri harmandir sahib?