GURU TEG BAHADAR SINGH

GURU TEG BAHADAR SINGH  THE SAVIOR OF HINDU

During 17th Century, when Hindustan was ruled by Mughals, all the Hindu people were

humiliated and were treated like animals. Mughals treated the Hindu women as there

own property and were forcing all Hindus to accept Islam and even used to kill the

people if they were refusing to accept. That time, our ninth Guru, Sri Guru Teg

Bahadarji came forward, in response to a request of some Kashmir Pandits to fight

against all these cruel activities. Guruji told the Mughal emperor that if he could

succeed in converting him to Islam, all the Hindus would accept the same.

But, if he failed, he should stop all those activities

The Mughal emperor happily agreed to that but even after lots of torture to Guruji and

his fellow members he failed to convert him to Islam and Guruji along with his other

four fellow members, were torture! d and sacrificed their lives in Chandni Chowk. Since

the Mughals were unable to convert them to Islam they were assassinated.

Thus Guruji sacrificed his life for the protection of Hindu religion. Can anybody lay

down his life and that too for the protection of another religion? This is the reason he is

still remembered as "Hind Ki Chaddar", shield of India . For the sake of whom he had

sacrificed his life, none of the them came forward to lift his body, fearing that they

would also be assassinated.

Seeing this incident our 10th Guruji, Sri Guru Gobind Singhji (Son of Guru Teg

Bahadarji) founder of khalsa made a resolution that he would convert his followers to

such human beings who would not be able to hide themselves and could be easily located

in thousands.

At the start, the Sikhs were very few in numbers as they were fighting against the

Mughal emperors. At that time, Nadir Shah raided Delhi in the year 1739 and looted

Hindustan and was carrying lot of Hindustan treasures and nearly 2200 Hindu women

along with him. The news spread like a fire

and was heard by Sardar Jassa Singh who was the Commander of the Sikh army at that

time. He decided to attack Nadir Shah's Kafila on the same midnight . He did so and

rescued all the Hindu women and they were safely sent to their homes.

It didn't happen only once but thereafter whenever any Abdaalis or Iranis had attacked

and looted Hindustan and were trying to carry the treasures and Hindu women along

with them for selling them in Abdal markets, the Sikh army although fewer in numbers

but were brave hearted and attacked them at midnight , 12 O'clock and rescued women.

After that time when there occurred a similar incidence, people started to contact the

Sikh army for their help and Sikhs used to attack the raider's at Midnight , 12 O'clock .

Nowadays, these "smart people" and some Sikh enemies who are afraid of Sikhs, have

spread these words that at 12 O'clock , the Sikhs go out of their senses. This historic fact

was the reason which made me smile over that person as I thought that his Mother or

Sister would be in trouble and wants my help and was reminding me by saying off

'Sardarji Barah Baj Gaye' ."