Bhai Darbara Singh (? – 20.2.1921), son of Bhai Kehar Singh Havildar, was born in some cantonment where his father was on duty as a soldier of the British Indian army. His mother died when he was yet an infant and he was brought up by his grandmother. The family belonged to village Jarag (erstwhile Patiala State). After his father’s retirement, they moved to Chakk No. 85 Dalla Chanda Singh (district Sheikhupura, Pakistan). On February 19, 1921, when his father, Bhai Kehar Singh began preparations to join the Jatha of Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharowali, he too insisted to accompany. At that time he was 10-12 years old. At Nanakana Sahib, when the Mahant began killing the Sikhs, some Sikhs hid him in an almirah. He began saying, “I want to embrace martyrdom like my father.” At this Kapura Jallaad grabbed him, threw him in fire and roasted him alive. Also see: Kehar Singh.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)