Dharam Singh ( ; 1666–1708), born as Dharam Das, was one of the original

Panj Pyare Panj Pyare ( pa, ਪੰਜ ਪਿਆਰੇ, ', the five beloved ones) is the collective name given to five men − Daya Singh, Dharam Singh, Himmat Singh, Mohkam Singh and Sahib Singh – by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh during the histo ...

or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of the

Khalsa Khalsa ( pa, ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ, , ) refers to both a community that considers Sikhism as its faith,Kha ...

. He was the son of Chaudhary Sant Ram and Mai Sabho of the village

Hastinapur Hastinapur is a city in the Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ''Hastinapura'', described in Hindu texts such as the ''Mahabharata'' and the Puranas as the capital of the Kuru Kingdom, is also mentioned in ancient Jain tex ...

(modern-day

Meerut District Meerut district, is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Meerut is the district headquarters. Meerut district is also a part of the Meerut division. The administrative head of district of Meerut is a District Magistrate w ...

, Uttar Pradesh, India). He was born into the

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

caste. Originally said to be fourth position of the inaugural group of Panj Pyare according to older historical sources, he was upgraded to second in-position by later sources.

References

*Kuir Singh, Gurbilas Patshahi 10. Patiala, 1968 *Chhibbar, Kesar Singh, Bansavalinama Das Patshahian Ka. Chandigarh, 1972 *Santokh Singh, Bhai, Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar 1926-37 *Macauliffe, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909 *Harbans Singh, Guru Gobind Singh. Chandigarh, 1966 {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Dharam Indian Sikhs 1666 births 1708 deaths People from Uttar Pradesh