Hope you are all well Sangat Ji, I thought today I would talk about another one of our inspirational people in Sikhi and give my blogs a bit of happyness, It is important to remember our negative past but also vitally important to remember our positive past too.
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| Mai Bhago, a truly insprational woman of Sikhi! |
Mai Bhago also known as Mata Bhag Kaur was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705. She killed several enemy soldiers on the battlefield, and is a saint warrior by the Sikhs. She was the sole survivor of the battle of Khidrana, i.e. Battle of Muktsar (fought on 29 December 1705); was a daughter of Bhai Mallo Shah, granddaughter of Bhai Pero Shah, the younger brother of Bhai Langah, a Dhillon Jatt Chaudhary of 84 villages who had become a Sikh during the time of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru. She was the only sister of four brothers.
She had also set out during battle to find the Chaali Mukta ( 40 liberated men) who had earlier deserted Guru Gobind Singh Ji during a battle that took place at Anandpur Sahib. She persuaded them to find Guru Ji and apologise for what they had done. They pleaded to Guru Ji to reinstate them as Sikhs which Guru Ji humbly accepted ensuring that they rejoined the Khalsa Panth.
Mai Bhago led the Chaali Mukta to battle knowing that death would be upon them as they took on 10,000 Mughal soldiers! However they inflicted so much damage to the 10,000 strong army that they had to retreat in the nearby woods. All the Chaali Mukta had died from their wounds except one Mahari Singh, who died in Guru Ji's lap, but before dieing he looked up at Guru Ji and requested that the letter they had written to say they are not Sikhs to be ripped up and for Guri Ji to forgive them all, which he did.
Mai Bhago was such an inspirational character in Sikhi that she led 40 men against a 10,000 strong army and still managed to force them to retreat, truly inspirational! The women in Sikhi had a huge role to play in our proud history as well as the men and I for one am proud of our history and proud to be a Sikh! Just remember people like Mai Bhago died for the sake of us, for the future of Sikhi and we should never forget the martyrs of Sikhi!
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
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