Bhai Gulzar/Gulzara Singh was the son of Bhai Aalam Singh and grandson of Bhai Daria (brother of Bhai Ballu, grandfather of Bhai Mani Singh). He got initiation from Guru Gobind Singh Sahib at Anandpur Sahib on the first day of the initiation of Khalsa. He was one of the five Sikhs, who had been asked by Guru Sahib to join Bhai Mani Singh to look take care of the shrines of Chakk Ram Das (Amritsar). In May 1708, he, along with Bhai Bhupat Singh, visited Guru Sahib at Burhanpur and delivered a letter of Bhai Mani Singh. He embraced martyrdom along with Bhai Mani Singh, at Lahore, on June 24, 1734. He and his father were flayed alive and murdered.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)