Baj Singh
Sardar Baj Singh (died 1716), also known as Baj Bahadur, was a Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr from present-day India.
Family
Singh family native to Mirpur Patti, a village in Amritsar district of the Punjab.[1]
Execution
He was executed on 9 June 1716 on the outskirts of Delhi, on the bank of the Yamuna river along with his seven brothers and Banda Singh Bahadur.
Battles fought by Baj Singh
- Battle of Sonipat
- Battle of Samana
- Battle of Sadhaura
- Battle of Chappar Chiri
- Battle of Jammu
- Battle of Jalalabad (1710)
- Battle of Lohgarh
- Battle of Gurdas Nangal or Siege of Gurdaspur[2]
References
- ^ Gupta, Hari Ram (2001). History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 6. ISBN 978-8121501651. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
Baj Singh was a Bal Jat of village Mirpur in Parganah Patti1 of Amritsar district.
- ^ "farrukhsiyar". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
Categories:
- Indian generals
- Executed Indian people
- People executed by the Mughal Empire
- Executed military personnel