Bhai Hari Singh

BHAI HART SINGH (1889 - 1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was born at Pandori Nijtjharari in Jalandhar district in November 1889, the son of Bhai Seva Singh and Mai Afar Kaur. On the opening of the Lower Chenab Canal Colony, the family migrated in 1897 to Chakk No. 91 Dhannuana in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad) district, in Pakistan. Hari Singh enlisted in the 36th Sikh Battalion where he look the Khalsa pdhul and fought in the World War, 191418. A bullet wound tore apart his foot, incapacitating him. He was discharged with a pension ofRs 6 per month. Following the example of Jathedar Sundar Singh of his own village, he joined the jathd of Bhai Lachhman Singh ofDharovali and attained martyrdom inside GurdwaraJanam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, on 20 February 1921. The martyr's mother was granted a pension of Rs 115 per annum by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee of Am ri tsar.

BHAI HART SINGH(1897 - 1921), one of the martyrs of Nankana Sahib, was born in Assu 1954 Bk/JulyAugust 1897, the son of Bhai Kanhaiya Singh and MaiJion Kaur of Chakk No 10, Thothiari in Shcikhupura district, now in Pakistan. He attended the village primary school and trained as a scripturereader and as a singer of the holy hymns. He was a member of the village choir and recited with gusto ballads of Sikh martyrs. Hari Singh grew up into a handsome, lusty youth and excelled in rural sports such as wrestling, weightlifting and kabaddi. He enlisted in the army and served for some time in 27th Punjab (later 3/15 Punjab Regiment), and got his discharge at the end of the Great War in 1918. Meanwhile, his friend and mentor, Bhai Nand Singh, had also resigned from the army and returned home. Both received the Khalsa pdhul, and set up a platform for reciting gurbdmand preaching the Singh Sabha creed. Hari Singh joined the Akali ranks and volunteered his services during the Gurdwara Rikabgarij agitation. On receiving the call for the liberation of GurdwaraJanam Asthan at Nankana Sahib, he along with Bhai Nand Singh joined the jathd of Bhai Lachhman Singh ofDharovali and attained martyrdom on 20 February 1921. He was survived by his wife and three sons who were granted a family pension of Rs 175 per annum by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Shamsher, Gurbakhsh Singh, Shahidt Jivan. Nankana Sahib, 1938 G.S.G.

References

1. Shamsher, Gurbakhsh Singh, Shahidt pvan. Nankana Sahib, 1938