Bedi

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Bedi is a well known Khatri clan in India. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, was born into this clan. His son, Sri Chand was the founder of the Udasi order, which is the oldest of the existing Sikh sect.

Etymology

The ancestors of Guru Nanak Dev came to be called as Bedi (Vedi), because they had studied the Vedas, the ancient Hindu texts, according to the Bichitra Natak, the autobiography of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.

The text below is taken from the Dasam Granth (Bichitra Natak section), [1]

BHUJANG PRAYAAT STANZA

In mythology Bedis are said to be the descendants of Kusha, the son of Lord Rama. As is known Lord Rama had two sons Lava and Kusha and they had established their kingdom in Punjab and the famous city of Lahore owns its name to Lava. It was originally Lava awar (the fort of Lava) and later became Lahore. Centuries later intercine quarrels started and as a result, the descendants of Lava became victorious and the descendants of Kusha were all defeated. The descendants of Kusha who remained alive, saved themselves by fleeing away. They went to Kashi and learnt all the four Vedas. Those who studied the Vedas, called Vedis (Bedis), absorbed themselves in good acts of righteousness. Generations later, when the then King of Punjab requested them to return to their ancient land all the Bedis returned to Punjab.

The Sodhi king of Madra Desha (Punjab) sent letters to them, entreating them to forget the past enmities.1. The messengers sent by the king came to Kashi and gave the message to all the Bedis. All the reciters of the Vedas came to Madra Desha and made obeisance to the king.2. The king caused them to recite the Vedas in the traditional manner and all the brethren (both Sodhis and Pelis) sat together. Saam-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Rig-Ved were recited, the essence of the sayings was imbibed (by the king and his clan).3. The sin-remover Atharva-Veda was recited. The king was highly pleased and the bequeathed his kingdom to Bedis.4. He himself adopted the sin-destroyer Vanaprastha Ashrama. He put on the garb of a sage (rishi) and gave his kingdom to the reciter (Amrit Rai)5. The people tried to the king to do so, but, he had abandoned all sorrows. And leaving his wealth and property, absorbed himself in divine love.6. Having been bestowed the kingdom, the Bedis were very much pleased. With happy heart, he predicted this boon: When in the Iron Age, I shall be called Nanak, you will attain the Supreme State and be worshipped by the world."7. The descendants of Lava, after handing over the kingdom, went to the forest, and the Bedis (descendants of Kusha) began to rule. They enjoyed all comforts of the earth in various ways.8. O Sdhi king! You have listened to the recitation of three Vedas, and while listening to the fourth, you gave away your kingdom. When I shall have taken three births, you will be made the Guru in he fourth birth."9. That (Sodhi) king left for the forest, and this (Bedi) king absorbed himself in royal pleasures. To what extent, I should narrate the story? It is feared that this book will become voluminous.10. There arose again quarrels and enmities, there was none to defuse the situation. In due course of time it actually happened that the Bedi caln lost its kingdom.1. The Vaishyas acted like Shudras and Kshatriyas like Vaishyas. The Vaishyas acted like Kshatriyas and Shudras like Brahmins.2. Only twenty villages were left with the Bedis. A long time passed like this till the birth of Nanak.3. Nanak Rai took birth in the Bedi clan. He brought comfort to all his disciples and helped them at all times.4. Guru Nanak spread Dharma in the Iron Age and put the seekers on the path. Those who followed the path propagated by him, were never harmed by the vices.5. All those who came within his fold, they were absolved of all their sins and troubles, Their sorrows, their wants were vanished and even their transmigration came to and end.6. Nanak transformed himself to Angad and spread Dharma in the world

History

Sri Chand was a celibate yogi, but his younger brother, Lakshmi Chand (or Lakshmi Das), was married to the daughter of Diwan Uttam Chand. It is said that all the Bedis today are descendants of Manak Chand and Mehar Chand, the two sons of Lakshmi Chand. Traditionally the Bedis were specially respected by the Sikhs. Baba Kaladhari, a Bedi, was honoured and given special gifts by Guru Gobind Singh. Baba Kaladhari had inherited a cap ("seli topi") originally worn by Guru Nanak Dev. This cap has been preserved at Una in present-day Himachal Pradesh. Sahib Singh Bedi was asked to preside over the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Baba Khem Singh Bedi along with Thakur Singh Sanduwallia founded the Sanatan Singh Sabha. The current head of the family are Baba Surinder Singh Bedi who is based in Punjab & Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi who is based in Una, Himachal Pradesh.

Guru Nanak Ji's Chola(upper garment) is lying on display at Sri Chola Sahib at Dera Baba Nanak which is managed by a local Bedi family who's progeny takes turns to control and collect manage donations for the upkeep of the Gurudwara. Dera Baba Nanak is the traditional home of the Bedi clan some of whom were granted Jagirs by Maharaja Ranjit Singh who had profound respect for the Bedis, particularly Baba Sahib Singh Bedi who had put coronation Tilak on the forehead of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. One more head of the family Baba Tikka Baba Harbhajan singh bedi is based in Chandigarh, India. Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh Bedi is the 16th Descendent in the bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev ji with two sons Tikka Surjinder Singh Bedi and Kuwar Arvinder Singh Bedi.[2]Arvinder Singh Bedi is blessed with two sons Tikka Nain Noor Singh Bedi and Kunwar Gagandeep Singh Bedi making the 18th current bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev Ji.Three more heads of the family are in Pune and are children of Baba Autar singh sahib who is the son of Baba Jhalmal Singh Sahib of Rawalpindi. They also have a royal garment which is worn by them when they get married. These are the descendants of Guru Nanak Dev Ji who are from Rawalpindi since Guru Nanak Dev Ji is from Lahore. The garment is not well known but has been maintained for more than 400 years. The sons of Baba Autar singh sahib are Baba Iqbal Singh sahib who had two sons Baba Tejpal Singh Bedi Sahib followed by his son Kunwar Baba Jatinpal Singh Bedi Sahib who is the eldest son in the family and Baba Harpal Singh Bedi Sahib followed by his son Kunwar Baba Ravishpal Singh Bedi Sahib , Baba Jagtar Singh sahib and Baba Palinder Singh sahib who had a son named Baba Kanwarpal Singh Bedi sahib, who was followed by his son Kunwar Baba Dashmeet Singh Bedi Sahib. Each of the Bedi's who shifted to Pune from Rawalpindi have their own children and grandchildren and the last Bedi in the family is Kunwar Baba Harjas sahai Bedi sahib and Kunwar Baba Mankaran singh bedi sahib who can also be known as the last two and also the crown prince's of the Kingdom of Madra Desha and other cities which came under the kingdom of the Royal bedi family including Lahore and Rawalpindi, they are the sons of Baba Surinder Singh sahib, —the son of Baba Jagtar Singh sahib and is the last in the royal Bedi bloodline.


Baba Sri Chand enlarges his arm to bring on earth his nephew, the son of his brother Baba Lakhmi Das who with his wife and son were flying off to give their account of hunting animals. Baba Lakhmi Das was a hunter and was told by Baba Sri Chand that one day he will have to pay for killing animals. To this Baba Lakhmi Das replied that he will leave this world immediately and face the consequences. On the way Baba Sri Chand got his son to come back as he had nothing to do with it and Baba ji wanted Guru Nanak's family tree to prosper through this boy.

== The Blood Lines Of Guru Nanak ==

Family Tree of Baba Sahib Singh Bedi Ji

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (born Samvat 1526, died 1596)

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Baba Lakhmi Das (born Samvat 1553, died Samvat 1612) {Baba Sri Chand never married)

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Baba Dharam Chand (born 1580 died 1674)

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Baba Mehar Chand

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Baba Dataar Chand

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Baba Pahar Chand

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Baba Harkaran Chand

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Baba Nihal Chand

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Baba Kaladhari Ji (died AD1738)

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Baba Jit Singh {Ajit Singh} (died AD 1773)

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Baba Sahib Singh (born Samvat 1813 died Samvat 1891 [ AD1834])

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(a)Baba Bishan Singh (died AD1839) (Eldest) And (b)Baba Bikram Singh (died AD 1863) (younger brother)

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Baba Attar Singh (Assassinated by Baba Bikram singh in a family feud, Baba khem singh Bedi who was Baba Attar Singhs son escaped to Kallar, Rawalpindi) Sujan Singh (Born AD1845, died (AD 1919) (UNA)

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(a) 'Baba Khem Singh' Italic text(died AD1904/5)(KALLAR) ----- (b) Baba Ram Kishan Singh (born AD 1874) (UNA)

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(a)Baba Gurbaksh Singh (born AD 1861)(KALLAR)----- (b) Tikka Sanwal Singh (born AD 1898) (UNA)

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Baba Surendar Singh (born AD 1897)(KALLAR -> MOVED TO PUNJAN (INDIA) AFTER PARTITION)

The Gaddi of Baba Bishan Singh is at PUNJAB and the Gaddi of Baba Bikram Singh is at UNA.

Family tree of Tikka Baba Hardip Singh Ji

  1. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
  2. Baba Lakhmi Das Ji and Baba Sri. Chand Ji (never married)
  3. Baba Dhram Chand JI
  4. Baba Mehar Chand JI
  5. Baba Dyal Chand Ji
  6. Baba Shrampat Ji
  7. Baba Smundpat Ji
  8. Baba Sukhrajpat Ji
  9. Baba Ami Chand Ji(jagirdari jarnail)
  10. Baba Fateh Singh Ji
  11. Baba Harbaksh Singh Ji
  12. Baba Mehar Singh Ji
  13. Baba Bhagwan Singh Ji
  14. Baba Rawel Singh Ji
  15. Baba Sharan Singh Ji , Baba Harjaspal Singh Ji and Baba Gulshan Singh Ji
  16. Tikka Baba Hardip Singh Ji,Kunwar Hardevinder Singh Ji,Tikka Baba Manjit Singh Ji
  17. Tikka Baba Sartaj Kabir Singh Ji, Kunwar Mehartaj Singh Ji ,Tikka Baba Simarpreet Singh Ji,Tikka Baba Gurteg Singh Ji and Kunwar Baba Jaipal Singh Ji ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Family Tree of BABA AUTAR SINGH BEDI SAHIB OF RAWALPINDI Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

  1. Baba Lakhmi Das Ji and Baba Sri. Chand Ji (never married)
  2. Baba Dhram Chand JI
  3. Baba Mehar Chand JI
  4. Baba Auni Rai Sahib Ji
  5. Baba Naunit Rai Sahib Ji
  6. Baba Gobind Sahai Sahib Ji
  7. Baba Bacharat Singh Sahib Ji 2)Baba Gurdayal Sahib Ji 3)Kunwar Baba Ramdayal Sahib Ji
  8. (SONS OF BABA RAMDAYAL SAHIB JI ) 1)Baba Premdayal Sahib 2)Baba ManakBakhash Sahib 3)Kunwar Baba Pargaspat Sahib 4)Kunwar Baba Daspat Sahib
  9. Kunwar Baba Karar Singh Bedi Sahib Of RAWALPINDI (ELDEST SON OF BABA DASPAT SAHIB JI)
  10. Kunwar Baba Jhalmal Singh Bedi Sahib of RAWALPINDI
  11. Baba Autar Singh Bedi Sahib of RAWALPINDI
  12. (SONS OF BABA AUTAR SINGH BEDI)

1)Kunwar Baba IQBAL Singh Ji :

        #Kunwar Baba Tejpal Singh Bedi sahib followed by Kunwar Baba Jatinpal Singh Bedi Sahib
        #Kunwar Baba Harpal Singh Bedi Sahib followed by Kunwar Baba Ravishpal Singh Bedi Sahib

2)Kunwar Baba Jagtar Singh Bedi Sahib

        #Kunwar Baba Navinder Singh Bedi Sahib
  1. Kunwar Baba Surinder Singh Bedi Sahib followed by
           1) Kunwar Baba Mankaran Singh Bedi Sahib and
           2) Kunwar Baba Harjas Sahai Bedi Sahib

3)Kunwar Baba Palinder Singh Bedi Sahib

        #Kunwar Baba Kanwarpal Singh Bedi Sahib followed by Kunwar Baba Dashmeet Singh Bedi Sahib

Eminent Personalities Decendents of Baba Shib Dayal Bedi

1. Baba Shib Dayal Bedi 1874-1941, Builder of the ITC Saharanpur, and builder of the railway line between Lahore and Delhi including the Jamuna Bridge. Baba Shiba Dayal Bedi also was the Municipal Commissioner of Saharanpur during the 1930s. Many Gurudwaras were built by Baba Shib Dayal Bedi. The railway station in Saharanpur was also built by him. The Victoria cross was given to him in 1937. The title of Sir was refused by Baba Shib Dayal Bedi as he felt the title of Baba was greater and valuable. One of His Grandsons Baba Dr. Dina Nath Bedi (1938-1998), was a computer pioneer and developed much in the way of speech and multimedia technology. He was director of the computer science department of CUNY from 1975-1984. In this time he trained blind programmers and this was an incredible task during this time. He was written about and authored a book on this subject. He also was appointed by Indira Gandhi to science and advisory commission of India along with M.N. Dastoor. Amougst his greatest contribution to science are his works which helped India become a centre for producing programmers. His son Baba Vickram A. Bedi (1974-) developed the world's first Pentium-based laptop in 1994. And is the the President of Datalink Computer Products, Inc. and D.N.Bedi Property group. At the current time this line is 16 Generations from Guru Nanak Bedi. And the family possesses a family tree which was verified by British Indian Government in 1941. The title of Sir was refused by Baba Shib Dayal Bedi as he felt the title of Baba was greater and valuable.

References

Munciple records Saharanpur, Uttar Pardesh. Family tree of Baba Shib Dayal Bedi compiled in 1905. Relics in the hands of Baba Shib Dayal Bedi.

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