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Sahib Singh Bedi (7 April 1756 – 17 July 1834) was a direct lineal descendant of Guru Nanak in the tenth generation.
Sahib Singh Bedi was greatly respected by the Sikh ''misldars'' (chiefs) during the era of the Sikh Confederacy and acted as a common uniting cause between the various bickering, rival chiefs against an outside enemy. He was responsible for applying the '' tilak'' and saffron paste during the coronation ceremony of Maharaja
Biography
Early life
Sahib Singh Bedi was born to parents Ajit Singh Bedi (died 1773) and Sarupan Devi on 7 April 1756 at Dera Baba Nanak (in present-day Gurdaspur district) in the traditional Punjabi month of '' Chet'' ''sudi.'' In 1770, his family shifted to Una located at the foothills of the Sivalik Hills region (in present-day Himachal Pradesh), where they held land.Later life
Sahib Singh Bedi was greatly respected by the Sikh ''misldars'' (chiefs) during the era of the Sikh Confederacy and acted as a common uniting cause between the various bickering, rival chiefs against an outside enemy. He was responsible for applying the '' tilak'' and saffron paste during the coronation ceremony of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...
in 11 or 12 April 1801 in Lahore. He was also the founder of the locality of Bedian
Bedian (), also spelled Badian, is a village in the Kasur District of Punjab, Pakistan, close to the India-Pakistan border. The village was founded by the Sikh preacher Baba Sahib Singh Bedi during the region of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. After th ...
located near Lahore on tracts of land allotted to him by Ranjit Singh. He established a Sikh religious educational school at Bedian, partly choosing this location to combat the rival heretic Mina sect, founded by the disgruntled and rebellious Prithi Chand, which was headquartered at Heir village nearby. He died on 17 July 1834 in Una. He was survived by two sons, Bishan Singh and Bikram Singh.
See also
*Khem Singh Bedi
Khem Singh Bedi KCIE (21 February 183210 April 1905) claims he was a direct descendant of Guru Nanak, a leader, founder of the Singh Sabha in 1873. It instituted many charitable causes for Sikhs, was a landowner and politician in the Punjab durin ...
References
{{reflist Gurdaspur district 1756 in India 1756 births 1834 deaths