Bhai Gulab Singh (1883 – 20.2.1921), son of Bhai Hira Singh, was born at village Sainabad (district Jullundur). Bhai Gulab Singh studies Punjabi, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was a learned person. He was also a good musician and used to perform Keertan of Gurbani in the congregations. In 1916, he joined the Jatha of Bhai Mahtab Singh Bir and participated in missionary activities. When Gurdwara Reform Movement began, he made active participation. He always served in the front line. He participated in the agitation of Gurdwara Babe Di Ber (Sialkot) and Khara Sauda Bar. He was also present in front of Akal Takht Sahib, on October 12, 1920, when the Sikhs assumed the control of Takht Sahib. On February 19, 1920, he joined the Jatha to Nanakana Sahib. When he was just to leave, his mother asked him to get his trousers washed. He told her that the trousers shall be washed by a martyrs blood. He reached Nanakana Sahib the following day and was butchered to death by Mahant Narain Das and his hired men.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)