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KISHAN SINGH (NANAKANA SAHIB)


Bhai Kishan Singh (? – 20.2.1921), son of Bhai Sunder Singh (a so-called low caste Sikh), was born at village Rattoke (district Amritsar). The family, later, moved to village Burj (district Lyallpur, now Faisalabad, Pakistan). At Burj, he was appointed as the Granthi of the local Gurdwara. When Bhai Lachhman Singh announced the formation of a Jatha for the liberation of Gurdwaras at Nanakana Sahib, he volunteered himself. On February 19, 1921, he went to Nanakana Sahib, where he embraced martyrdom, the following day. At the time of his martyrdom, he was just 20 years old.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)