Bhai Mati Dasji
greatest martyrs in Sikh history
We always quote in Ardas (Sikh Prayer) for Bhai Taru Singhji:
Jinhaan’ singhaan’ singhaniaan’ nae dHaram haet sees deettae, baand baand kataa-ae,
Khopariaan’ luhaa-ee-aan’, charkharee-aan’ tae charhae, aare-aan’ naal chiraa-ae ga-ae,
Gurduaare-aan’ dee saevaa la-ee kurbaaniaan’ keeTee-aan’, dHaram naheen’ haareaa,
Sikhee kaesaan’ svaasaan’ naal nibhaa-ee, tinhaan’ dee kamaa-ee dah
theaan dhar kae Khaalsaa jee bolo jee Vaaheguroo.
- Bhai Mati Das is one of the greatest martyrs in Sikh history.
- Bhai Sati Das and his elder brother Bhai Mati Das belonged to the family of Chhibber Brahmins and were followers of ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.
- Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Dyal Das were all executed at kotwali(police-station) near the Sunehri Masjid in the Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi, under the express orders of emperor Aurangzeb.
- Born to a Brahmin family of the Chhibber clan, Bhai Mati Das belonged to the village of Karyala, a stronghold of the Chhibbers, in the Jhelum District in Punjab (Pakistan), about ten kilometres from Chakwal on the road to the Katas Raj Temple Complex.
- His grandfather, Bhai Praga, had embraced the Sikh faith in the time of Guru Hargobind and had taken part in battles with the Mughal forces.
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