Bhai Aali Singh and his brother Bhai Mali Singh, of village Salaudi (district Patiala), were the employees of Wazir Khan, the Governor of Sirhind. When Baba Banda Singh Bahadur came to the Sikh Homeland in 1708, Wazir Khan taunted them by remarking that another Guru of theirs had appeared and they should join him and bring him (Banda Singh) to Sirhind so that he (Banda Singh) too may meet the fate of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh. Bhai Aali Singh protested at these remarks. Wazir Khan imprisoned Bhai Aali Singh and Bhai Mali Singh. Bhai Aali Singh, later, escaped and joined Baba Banda Singh’s army. Bhai Aali Singh participated in the battles of Samana, Sadhaura, Chappar Chiri and Sirhind. After the occupation of Sirhind by the Sikhs (May 14, 1710), he was appointed as Deputy Governor of Sirhind. He was with Banda Singh Bahadur, in Lohgarh fort, in October 1710. Here, Banda Singh escaped but he
was arrested. He remained in prison for six years. He embraced martyrdom along with Baba Banda Singh, at Delhi, in 1716.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)