Baba Sangat Singh was a Sikh warrior and martyr of Battle of Chamkaur.He was born in a Ravidassia sikh family
Early life
Baba Sangat Singh was born in Punjab. His father's name was Bhai Rania and his mother was Bibi Amaro.
He got trained in
shastar vidya, gatka, horse-riding, warfare and martial arts and also studied languages, e.g - Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Persian and Braj. Later, he was sent by his father to serve
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sing ...
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Battle and Death
Sangat Singh took part in battles of
Bhangani,
Bajrur,
Nadaun, all four battle of
Anandpur Sahib, Bansali,
Nirmohgarh,
Sarsa and
Chamkaur.
In second Battle of Chamkaur, Sikhs lost almost most soldiers and Guru Ji decided to go on war front but it was opposed by present Sikhs on their insistence he agreed to make a bid to escape from Chamkaur and his
atttire,
dastar and
kalgi
Kalagi is a new taluk in Kalaburagi, earlier it was a Hobli and Village in Chittapur Taluka in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code 322500. Kalgi, Gulbarga, Karnataka It is located in the Chitapur taluk of Kalaburagi district i ...
was given to Bhai Sangat Singh in the fort. He bore a high degree of physical resemblance to Guru Gobind Singh and dressed up and disguised himself as the Guru in-order to trick the enemy.
Sangat Singh and Sant Singh only two Sikhs got left at the fort and after Guru's exit and they went on war front to Mughal army and fought against them and got martyred.
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See also
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Bhai Jiwan Singh
Baba Jiwan Singh (Gurmukhi: ਬਾਬਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਸਿੰਘ; 13 December 1661 – 22 December 1704), born Jaitha, was a Sikh general and companion of Guru Gobind Singh.
Early life
Bhai Jaita was born in 1661 at Patna, Bihar (India) ...
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Battle of Chamkaur
References
Sikh warriors
1650 births
1705 deaths