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Dear Friends,

 

 

 

 

Its time to once again wish each other for yet another Christmas ,a brand new year and indeed a new decade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wish you our heartiest greetings for this joyous season and wish you all the best of good health, cheer and fulfillment in 2010!!

 

HARIOM BHARDWAJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear members; Birth and Death; Joy and Sorrow; dance hand in

hand every moment. Merry Christmas to all; but these 3 days 24-25-26 days of

December 2009 are being observed as a day for remembering some tragic events

also. On these days 11-12-13 paus of 1705AD, two younger sons,of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Sahibzada Baba Zorawar Singh Ji aged about 6, Sahibzada Baba Fateh Singh Ji aged about 9 and their

grandmother,Mata Gujari Ji sacrificed their lives on the alter

of faith.

 

At least we must acknowledge and remember these great deeds.

 

Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan of Malerkotla was a feudal ally of Nawab Wazir Khan, his brother

Khizar Khan was killed in a battle with Guru Gobind Singh ji; Nawab Wazir Khan’s

forces captured Sahibzadas alongwith their grandmother Mata Gujari. It was proposed

that Nawab Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan should avenge the death of his brother by

taking lives of Guruji’s sons. But Nawab Sher Muhammad Khan Khan protested

loudly at this decision as it was against the tenets of Islam and walked out of

the court.

“BADLA HI LENA HOGA TO HUM LENGE BAAP

SE,

KHUDA MARHOOM RAKHE HUMN KO AAISEY PAAP SEâ€

but the adamant Wazir

Khan approved the punishment suggested by Qazi without any amendment. The

Sahibzadas were slain after the attempt at bricking them alive in the

foundation of the wall failed Mata Gujri ji also breathed her last.

 

Diwan Todar Mal purchased the piece of land for setting up

their pyre for cremation with gold coins. The land required for the martyred

children would be approximately of 2.0m by 2.0m a total area of 40,000 cm

squared if laid next to each other. Add to this the area required for Mata Ji

(2.0m by 1.5m) if the coins were laid horizontally then to cover this area

would require around 7800 gold coins. Now, if the coins had to be stacked

vertically then possibly 10 coins would be needed to cover the 9cm squared

area, so vertically 7800 x 10 coins would be required, or 78,000. That is an

awful lot of gold coins today; one can only imagine how much they were worth

three hundred years ago. It is safe to say it was probably his life’s savings.

Maybe he had to beg and borrow to raise the total amount, who knows, but the

fact remains this was truly a noble deed.

(Kindly see the recent picture of his haveli named Jahaz Haveli

attached alongwith this post.)

But for this he had lose the peace and prosperity for his

own family. Bankrupt and a victim of Nawab Wazir Khan’s wrath the family fled

their beautiful home and eventually faded into oblivion.

 

Baba Moti Ram Mehra was a cook of Wazir Khan. He could not

bear the Sahibzadas sleeping hungry. He came home and told his family that he

would serve milk and fresh water to these great prisoners. His mother and wife

were scared and tried to persuade him not to take such a step. Bibi Bholi, his

wife, told him that the Wazir Khan had made an announcement in the town that

whoever tried to help and serve any type of food to the sons of the tenth Guru,

he along with his family would be crushed alive in a Kohlu, (the oil squeezer).

This information could not change the resolve of Baba ji. Sensing his determination,

his wife gave him her silver jewellery and some coins and requested him to

bribe the gate man of the prison fort and request him to keep it act a secret.Baba

Moti Ram served milk and water to the Sahibzadas and Mata Gujri Ji for three

nights.

 

Nawab Wazir Khan got the information that his servant (Cook) had served the

prisoners with milk and water. Baba Moti Ram Mehra, his mother, wife and a

little son were arrested, consequently Baba Moti Ram Mehra along with his

father was sentenced to death by being squeezed in a Kohlu (oil press).

 

Kindly see their resolve; their determination and their

sacrifice.

“ULLFAT KE YEH JALWE

, KABHIE DEKHE NAHIN HUMNE;

DEKHNA EK BAAT,

SUNNEY BHI NAHIN HUMNE.â€

 

Again it was an unbiased Muslim poet Hakim Allah Yaar Khan who

immortalized this great saga by by writing Ganj-e-shaheedan and

Shaheedan-e-wafa in 1913-15 AD.

“BAS EK TIRATH HAI

HIND MEIN YATRA KE LIYE;

KATWAIYE BAAP NE BETE

JAHAN KHUDA KE LIYE.â€

He was declared a qafir and not allowed to

enter the mosque for the period over 30 years.

 

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