Bhai Jiwan Singh birthday December 13 --------------------------------------------------- (ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਭਾਈ ਜੀਵਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਜਨਮ ਦਿਨ ਦੀ aਾਪ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਲੱਖ-ਲੱਖ ਵਧਾਈ ਹੋਵੇ ਜੀ- ਗੁਰੂਮਸਤੱਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ।) Bhai Jivan Singh (13 December 1649 - 22 December, 1705) was the name given to Bhai Jaita after he had received the rites of initiation at the hands of Guru Gobind Singh on the day - 14 April, 1699 when the Khalsa was inaugurated. He was a Sikh from Patna, India who had belonged to the Majhabi (scavenger) caste. He received initiation into Khalsa panth from Guru Gobind Singh who had previously given him the special honour by addressing him as Ranghareta Guru Ka Beta (the young man of the Ranghar caste is the Gurus own son). The Ranghar caste was a caste created for those born of a union between a Hindu and a Muslim. Both the children and their descendants were considered outcasts by the Hindus. It was Bhai Jaita who had risked his life to recover and return the severed head of Guru Tegh Bahadur to the Guru for cremation. He had been sent to Delhi where he witnessed Guru Tegh Bahadurs beheading in Chandni Chowk on 24 November 1675. He succeeded in evading the guards and escaping with the severed head of the ninth Guru to Anandpur where he was received with much honour by Guru Gobind Singh. In the ensuing storm others were able to secure and cremate the Gurus body, though it took burning down their own home to accomplish this. Bhai Jaitas summary --------------------------- Bhai Jaita was born on 13 December 1649 to mother Premo (aka Kanno) and father Sada Chand. At the time of his birth, he was named Jag Chand, shortened to Jagu or Jota but it is said that Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib at some stage named him Jaita. He and his younger brother Bhag Chand, also called Bhagu, were disciples of Guru Har Rai, Nanak VII from Kiratpur, in the Sivalik hills, Where the Guru then resided. They shifted along with their parents, to the village of Jhanda Ramdas where they stayed with Bhai Gurditta (1625-1675), the great-great-grandson of Bhai Buddha As Bhai Gurditta was detained in Delhi following the arrest of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Jaita was sent by the family to bring news of him. He thereafter lived at Anandpur, becoming the first nagarchi or beater of the Guru Gobind Singhs awesome Ranjit Nagara. He was: the first drummer of the Ranjit Nagara, the trainer of the Sahibzadas in the Art of Warfare, Martyr at the battle of Chamkaur In 1691, he was married to Raj Kaur daughter of Sujan Singh of the village of Riar near Amritsar. Waheguru blessed the couple with four sons. He became famous as a marksman and trained the two elder sons of Guru Gobind Singh in the art of warfare. He himself took part in all of Guru Gobind Singhs battles against the hill chiefs and the Mughals. Bhai Jivan Singh fell, a martyr, in the Battle of Chamkaur on 8 December 1705. Gurdwara-Shahid-Burj a (tower) now a Gurdwara stands on the site as a monument to his memory.
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