Bhai Harnam Singh (b. 1897)

Bhai Harnam Singh (1897 - 1921), son of Bhai Sundar Singh and Mai Uttam Kaur, was among those who fell martyrs at Nankana Sahib on 20 February 1921. The traditional occupation of the family was weaving, but Harnam Singh's father and grandfather took to peddling cloth. Harnam Singh was hardly five years old when the family migrated to and permanently settled as drapers at Shahkot, an upcoming market town in Sheikhupura district. He learnt Gurmukhi (Punjabi) at home and adopted tailoring as a profession. In 1914, he was administered the vows of the Khalsa by a group headed by BhaT Mahitab Singh Bir. Harnam Singh got up a preaching outfit comprising, besides himself, his younger brothers, Bachan Singh and Dalip Singh, and went around spreading the Singh Sabha ideology, administering the rites of amrit and performing marriages in accordance with the Sikh ceremony of anand, He participated in the liberation of gurudwaras at Sialkot (Babe dT Ber), Chuharkana (Khara Sauda) and Gojra. Finally, he was one of the five volunteers of Shahkot who led by BhaT Santa Singh joined the jathd of Bhai Lachhman Singh DharovalT for their march towards Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, where they attained martyrdom on 20 February 1921.

See Also

For details of the Nankana Sahib Massacre

References

1. Shamsher, Gurbakhsh Singh, Shahidi Jivan. Nankana Sahib, 1938.