Bhai Aghar Singh was the son of Bhai Nigahia Singh and grandson of Bhai Lakkhi Rai Yadav (Wanjara). He was a brave soldier of the Sikh army. Bhai Aghar Singh had got initiation from Bhai Mani Singh. He, along with his brother Tharaj Singh, punished all those persons who had martyred Bhai Mani Singh and his companions on June 24, 1734. In the year 1753, Momin Khan, a Pathan of Kasur, who had been employed by Mughlani Begum (widow of Mir Muin), to annihilate the Sikh nation, led an army against the Sikhs. Bhai Aghar Singh chopped off his head and presented it before a congregation of the Sikh at Aanandpur Sahib. Bhai Aghar Singh and Bhai Tharaj Singh participated in several battles against the army of Ahmed Shah Durrani. Bhai Aghar Singh died at Sirhind, in January 1764, while fighting against the army of Zain Khan (the Afghan Governor of Sirhind). In this battle, Bhai Tharaj Singh also fought bravely. According to one source when Zain Khan fell down in face-to-face fight with Bhai Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Bhai Tharaj Singh chopped off his (Zain Khan’s) head. Giani Gian Singh mentions Bhai Aghar Singh as nephew of Bhai Mani Singh (and Bhai Mani Singh as Dulatt Jat of Longowal). This is not correct. Bhai Mani Singh was not Dulatt-Jatt, he was a Parmar-Rajput. Bhai Aghar Singh was the son of Bhai Nigahia Singh and grandson of Bhai Lakkhi Rai Yadav (Wanjara). Hence, Bhai Mani Singh was Phupharh (husband of Bibi Basant Kaur, the sister of Shaheed Bhai Nigahia Singh) of Bhai Aghar Singh. Also see: Nigahia Singh, Basant Kaur, Lakkhi Rai, Mani Singh.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)