Mata Ganga (? – 14.5.1621), daughter of Bhai Sangat Rao, was married to Guru Arjan Sahib, at Lahore, on June 19, 1589. In 1590, she gave birth to (Guru) Hargobind (Sahib). She breathed her last, at Bakala in 1621 Mata Ganga was not cremated and her body was immersed in the river Beas to fulfill her wish that her body too (like her husband’s) should be immersed in a river. A Gurdwara at Bakala preserves the memory of Mata Ganga.
According to Bhai Sital Singh Bahrupia and Bhai Kesar Singh Chhibber ,Guru Arjan Sahib was married to Bibi Ram Dei, daughter of Bhai Kishan Chand, of the village Mau Sahib (near Phillaur, Jullundur) in 1579. She could not bear any child. Guru Sahib was married to Mata Ganga, the daughter of Bhai Sangat Rao, at Lahore, in 1589.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)