Bhai Dwarka Das, son of Baba Arjani Mall, grandson of Baba Mohari and great-grandson of Guru Amar Das Sahib, was a dedicated Sikh of the time of Guru Hargobind Sahib to Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib. When Dara Shukoh, after his defeat in the battle of Samugarh (May 29, 1657), fled towards Lahore and visited Guru Har Rai Sahib at Goindwal, in June 1657, Guru Sahib had been staying with Baba Arjani and Bhai Dwarka Das. Again, when, on August 11, 1664, when Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib was installed as Ninth Nanak at Bakala, Bhai Dwarka Das accompanied his aged father Baba Arjani, to attend the ceremony. After a few days when Guru Sahib left Bakala for Keeratpur, he too joined Guru Sahib. Bhai Dwarka Das spent most of his life at Goindwal.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)