Hardas Singh
Baba Hardas Singh () was the famed grand father of Maharaja Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. He was a resident of Sur Singh, a large village in the Lahore district. He took Pahul (the Sikh baptismal oath) from the hands of Guru Gobind Singh, the initiator of the Pahul tradition who bestowed the original Panj Piares. Giving up his work as a ploughman, he became one of the Guru's personal attendants.
He was responsible for various contribution to the scriptures of the time. The "Das Granthi manuscript" contains Gurbani which is believed to be have been selected by Guru Gobind Singh. The scribe of this granthi (smaller version of granth) is Baba Hardas Singh. He worked under the guidance of Bhai Mani Singh at Sri AnandPur Sahib. The manuscript hold importance as it may help resolve a number of textual issues of Gurbani.
Granths written by Baba Hardas Singh
Baba ji was a great scribe in service of Guru Gobind Singh. His handwritten masterpiece of Adi Granth was enshrined in the Sikh Reference Library. The World Sikh Heritage Museum has now collected three granths by this great manuscript writer.
