Gangu

Three Pages of the Gurshabad Rattan Prakash Mahan Kosh by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha.On page no. 433 he has mentioned about the service of Mr. Gangu in the house of Satguru Gobind Singh Ji.He was a sewadar in the langer in Anandpur Sahib. He came to the court of ninth Nanak that is Satguru Teg Bahadur Ji alongwith the Kashmiri Pandits. He was about 25 years at that time. He returned to Kashmir and returned to the court of Satguru Gobind Rai after five years. He was blessed with a son named Raj Kaul who was nourished by his grand parents in Kashmir.

Gangu and his wife were killed by Banda Singh'S army. When Satguru Gobind Singh Ji left Sri Anandpur Sahib in 1704,He brought Mata Gujar Kaur alias Mata Gujri Ji and two younger sons of Satguru Gobind Singh Ji, to his village Kherhi (where he and wife migrated from Kashmir). He went to the athorities, the three were arrested and he was given a reward from the Governor of Sirhind. He and his wife were killed in 1710.

This is the true explanation about Gangu who proved himself unworthy of the trust the Guru's family had placed in him, in their most urgent time of need. His treachery sealed the fate of the Guru's mother and the two youngest Lions, the Sahibzadis and the youngest Shaheedan who held firm to their fate, freely chosing death rather than bending to the swords of tryanny.

In a twist of fate Gangu may have been an ancestor of the family of Kashmiri Pandits who changed their names to reflect their reciecving a gift of a jagir which included a canal, for which the family name was changed, as the Nehru family records say.