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Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur was the leader of the hill Rajas, but he did not possess the foresight to realise the difference between friend and foe. He again made war preparations and advanced to fight against Guru Gobind Singh at Lohgarh fort. His plan was to break open the front gate with the help of an intoxicated elephant and let his forces in to the fort in large numbers.

Guru Sahib came to know of this plan and asked Duni Chand, a hefty well built man, to get ready to face the elephant. But this masand got cold feet and wanted to escape from the fort. In his place Bhai Bachittar Singh volunteered and was thus deputed to make a frontal attack on the elephant.

Instead of waiting for the elephant to attack, the gates were opened and Bhai Bachittar Singh rode out on horseback with a nagni Barchhi (a long spear). He was followed by Bhai Udai Singh and several Sikhs on horseback. Bhai Bachittar Singh riding his horse and standing in the stirrups confronted the elephant and in spite of a metal plate tied to its forehead was able to pierce it successfully with his nagni. ....More