Bhai Dayala Ji ( pa, ਭਾਈ ਦਿਆਲਾ ਜੀ, hi, भाई दयाला जी) died 9 November 1675, also known as ''Bhai Dayal Das'' He was boiled alongside his Sikh companions

Bhai Mati Das Bhai Mati Das ( Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਮਤੀ ਦਾਸ; died 1675) along with his younger brother Bhai Sati Das were martyrs of early Sikh history. Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Dayala, and Bhai Sati Das were executed at a ''kotwali'' (police-station) in ...

and

Bhai Sati Das Bhai Sati Das ( Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਸਤੀ ਦਾਸ; died 1675) along with his elder brother Bhai Mati Das were martyrs of early Sikh history. Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Dyal Das were all executed at ''kotwali'' (police-station) ...

and the Ninth Guru,

Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1675. ...

Early life

Dayal Das was born in a

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family. Bhai Dayala was one of the twenty five or so Sikhs, alongside

Mata Sulakhni Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: , ), also referred to as ('father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated wor ...

(Mata Kishan), that accompanied

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when he left Kiratpur to visit King Aurangzeb in Delhi in 1604.

Service of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Bhai Dayala was one of the Guru's most dearest and closest companions. Bhai Dayala was the chief of the ''sangat'' (holy congregation) at

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and enlisted incharge of all the

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s in the east, and when the Guru's son Gobind Rai (Gobind Singh) was born it was him who sent Guru Tegh Bahadur a letter, who was at Dacca, informing him of his son's birth. Bhai Dayala helped take care of the Guru's son with the help of Bhai Kirpal and was with the Guru at

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where the Guru was with his family and son Gobind Rai when they came from Patna and headed to Baba Bakala around 1672. When the Guru left

Anandpur Sahib Anandpur Sahib, sometimes referred to simply as Anandpur (lit. "city of bliss"), is a city in Rupnagar district (Ropar), on the edge of Shivalik Hills, in the Indian state of Punjab. Located near the Sutlej River, the city is one of the most ...

on 11 July 1675 where he would head towards Delhi to meet Aurungzeb he was accompanied by Bhai Dayal Das, Bhai Mati Das, and Bhai Sati Das.

Arrest

Bhai Dayala was one of the

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who accompanied

when the latter left Anandpur for Delhi on 11 July 1675, the other two were brothers---

, a Dewan and

, a Scribe at Guru’s court. Along with the Ninth Guru, they were arrested on orders of

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Aurangzeb at

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Boiling

On 11 November 1675 after

' execution Bhai Dayala refuted with temperament against the Mughals calling Aurangzeb a tyrant and cursed him for committing atrocities in the name of God and religion and said there would be a demise of the Mughal empire. Bhai Dayala was tied with an iron chain like a bundle then was made to stand erect into a big

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full of water with only his head and shoulders seen. The vessel was then heated to the boiling point as Bhai Dayala began to recite Japuji Sahib. He was then roasted into a block of charcoal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dayala, Bhai Sikh martyrs Punjabi people History of Punjab People executed for refusing to convert to Islam Executed Indian people People executed by the Mughal Empire 17th-century executions in India 1675 deaths Year of birth unknown People executed by boiling

Early life

Service of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Arrest

Boiling

See also

References