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BHUPAT SINGH


Bhai Bhupat Singh was the son of Bhai Jetha Singh, grandson of Bhai Mai Das Parmar. He got initiation from Guru Gobind Singh Sahib at Aanandpur Sahib on the first day of the initiation of Khalsa. He was one of the five Sikhs asked by Guru Sahib to join Bhai Mani Singh, to take care of the shrines of Chakk Ram Das (Amritsar). In May 1708, he, along with Bhai Gulzar Singh, visited Guru Sahib, at Burhanpur and delivered a letter from Bhai Mani Singh. He was one of the Sikhs who were arrested along with Bhai Mani Singh. His eyes were plucked. He embraced martyrdom on June 24, 1734.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)