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===See Also===
==See Also==


* [[Sahibzada Ajit Singh]]
* [[Sahibzada Ajit Singh]]
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* [http://www.sahibzadas.info/main/index.html SAHIBZADAS.info]-- A Site dedicated to Tricentenary celebrations of sahibzadas matrydom, this has all the information about the sahibzadas and the personalities related to sahibzadas, and it has poems, articles and much more...
* [http://www.sahibzadas.info/main/index.html SAHIBZADAS.info]-- A Site dedicated to Tricentenary celebrations of sahibzadas matrydom, this has all the information about the sahibzadas and the personalities related to sahibzadas, and it has poems, articles and much more...


===References===
==References==


*1. Padam, Piara Singh, Char Sahibzade. Patiala, 1970
*1. Padam, Piara Singh, Char Sahibzade. Patiala, 1970

Revision as of 17:12, 31 January 2009

Sahibzada Ajit Singh saying farewell to his father, Guru Gobind Singh

The word Sahibzada means "son" in Punjabi and is a term commonly used to refer to the 4 sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. The word is a traditional word not used in the everyday language of today. The plural of the word is "Sahibzade" with a stretched "A" sound at the end.

Char Sahibzade, ("char" means four and "sahibzade" refers to the sons or scions, young men of genteel birth) is a term endearingly used for the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, (Nanak X) all of whom died as martyrs while still very young. Their names are reverently preserved in Sikh memory and are recalled every time Sikh ardas or prayer of supplication is recited at a congregation or privately by an individual.

The martyrdom of the four sahibzade is an important part of Sikh history and the occasion of the martyrdom is remembered and commemorated with great vigour, by large numbers of Sikhs and very acute sadness every year in December by the Sikh Sangat (holy congregation). The 21st and 26th of December are days the hold very dear memories of the Sikhs for it was on these days in 1705 that the older sahibzade Baba Ajit Singh and Baba Jujhar Singh first set off for their heaven abode on the 21st and then on the 26th, the delicate and tender light of the younger Sahibzade, Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh was cruelly and inhumanely extinguished by the Mughal authorities at Sirhind.

These articles deal with Char Sahibzade

Sahibzada Ajit Singh -|- Sahibzada Jujhar Singh -|- Sahibzada Zorawar Singh -|- Sahibzada Fateh Singh

See Also

External link

  • SAHIBZADAS.info-- A Site dedicated to Tricentenary celebrations of sahibzadas matrydom, this has all the information about the sahibzadas and the personalities related to sahibzadas, and it has poems, articles and much more...

References

  • 1. Padam, Piara Singh, Char Sahibzade. Patiala, 1970