Gulab Singh (1660 – ?) was the son of Bhai Dip Chand (later Singh) [birth 1623] and the grandson of Baba Suraj Mall and great-grandson of Guru Hargobind Sahib. In 1698, he got initiation from Guru Gobind Singh Sahib and became Gulab Singh. After the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, he declared himself as a Guru but Bhai Gurbakhsh Singh, the caretaker of the Sikh shrines at Anandpur Sahib, stopped him from doing so. The Sikhs too refused to give him any regards. He had four sons. All of them died in his life-time. The Sodhi family of Anandpur Sahib are the descendants of Bhai Shyam Singh (1662 – ?), the brother of Gulab Singh.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)