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'''Bhai Hira Singh''' (1880 - 1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the eldest of the four sons of Bhai Buta Singh and Mat Bhagan, farmers of modest means living in village Taungarivali in Gujranwala district (now in Pakistan). Under the influence of Bhai Varyam Singh, Hira Singh turned an Akali and was drawn into the movement for the reform of Gurdwara management. He went through the rites of Khalsa initiation and attended the Akali conference at Dharovali on 13 October 1920. He participated in the campaign for the liberation of Gurdwara Khara Sauda on 30 December 1920, and joined Bhai Lachhman Singh 'sjathd for the liberation of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, where he along with others was mowed down on 20 February 1921 by the hired assassins of Mahant Narain Das, the custodian of the Nankana Sahib shrine. | '''Bhai Hira Singh''' (1880 - 1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the eldest of the four sons of Bhai Buta Singh and Mat Bhagan, farmers of modest means living in village Taungarivali in Gujranwala district (now in Pakistan). Under the influence of Bhai Varyam Singh, Hira Singh turned an Akali and was drawn into the movement for the reform of Gurdwara management. He went through the rites of Khalsa initiation and attended the Akali conference at Dharovali on 13 October 1920. He participated in the campaign for the liberation of Gurdwara Khara Sauda on 30 December 1920, and joined Bhai Lachhman Singh 'sjathd for the liberation of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, where he along with others was mowed down on 20 February 1921 by the hired assassins of Mahant Narain Das, the custodian of the Nankana Sahib shrine. | ||
Since he had not married, his martyrs' pension ofRs 15 per month, granted by the Shiomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, was received by his mother. | Since he had not married, his martyrs' pension ofRs 15 per month, granted by the Shiomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, was received by his mother. | ||
==See Also== | |||
[[Saka Nankana Sahib|For details of the Nankana Sahib Massacre]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:22, 12 October 2008
Bhai Hira Singh (1880 - 1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the eldest of the four sons of Bhai Buta Singh and Mat Bhagan, farmers of modest means living in village Taungarivali in Gujranwala district (now in Pakistan). Under the influence of Bhai Varyam Singh, Hira Singh turned an Akali and was drawn into the movement for the reform of Gurdwara management. He went through the rites of Khalsa initiation and attended the Akali conference at Dharovali on 13 October 1920. He participated in the campaign for the liberation of Gurdwara Khara Sauda on 30 December 1920, and joined Bhai Lachhman Singh 'sjathd for the liberation of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, where he along with others was mowed down on 20 February 1921 by the hired assassins of Mahant Narain Das, the custodian of the Nankana Sahib shrine. Since he had not married, his martyrs' pension ofRs 15 per month, granted by the Shiomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, was received by his mother.
See Also
For details of the Nankana Sahib Massacre
References
1. Shamsher, Gurbakhsh Singh, Shahidi Jivnn. Nankana Sahib, 1938
