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Mata Gujri was born to Lal Chand, a Subhikkhī Khatri [4] and Mata Bishan Devi, who lived at Kartarpur. [5]She was betrothed to Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1629 when he visited Kartarpur for the marriage celebrations of his brother, Suraj Mal.
However, as they left Anandpur in two batches, they were attacked, and one of the batches with Mata Gujari and Guru's two sons – Zorawar Singh aged 8 and Fateh Singh aged 5 – were taken captive by the Mughal army. [17] [18] Both his children were executed by burying them alive into a wall. [13] [19] The grandmother Mata Gujari died there as ...
At this place, Mata Gujri – the mother of Guru Gobind Singh, and her two youngest grandchildren, Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh were cremated. [3] [5] [4] Gurdwara Bimangarh is close to the Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara. It is a location where the dead bodies of the two children and their grandmother was kept for the night before the cremation. [3]
He was married on 3 February 1632 to Gujri. [15] [16] In the 1640s, nearing his death, Guru Hargobind and his wife Nanaki moved to his ancestral village of Bakala in Amritsar district, together with Tegh Bahadur and Gujri. After Hargobind's death, Tegh Bahadur continued to live in Bakala with his wife and mother.
In the 2011 census Sirhind-Fatehgarh had a population of 60852. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Sirhind-Fatehgarh had an average literacy rate of 90%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy was 80%. 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Meanwhile, Mata Gujri and the two younger Sahibzade were betrayed by Gangu upon reaching the Saheri Pind. In exchange for some gold Mohurs, Gangu gave their location away to the Mughal court officers, sent by Wazir Khan. Following their arrest, they were escorted to Suba Sirhind and imprisoned in the Thanda Burj (Cold Tower), awaiting for trial ...
Mata Gujri is claimed to have died of shock on hearing of the deaths of her two youngest grandsons. [4] Fateh Singh is among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. The younger pair called the ‘Chotta Sahibzaade’ (little sons or scions) was martyred together by the Mughals in Sirhind at the tender age of 6 and 9 years respectively.
Fatehgarh Sahib district is one of the twenty-three districts of the state of Punjab, India, with its headquarters in the town of Fatehgarh Sahib.. The district came into existence on 13 April 1992, Baisakhi Day and derives its name from Sahibzada Fateh Singh, the youngest son of 10th Guru Gobind Singh, who along with his brother was bricked-up alive on the orders of Suba Sirhind, Wazir Khan ...