The Chronology and the Summing-Up

ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ਘਟਨਾਵਲੀ The Chronology

• 1730 Bikrami (1673 CE), Visakhi — Guru Tegh Bahadur ji comes to Chak Nanaki; Sri Gobind Das is betrothed to Sri Jito ji.
• 1730 Bikrami, 15 Jeth (1673) — Guru Tegh Bahadur ji founds the town of Lahore and solemnises the marriage of Sahibzada Gobind Das.
• 1732 Bikrami, 11 Savan (1675) — Guru Tegh Bahadur ji stays with his follower Murad Shah at Malakpur Rangharan, pargana Ropar.
• 1732 Bikrami, 12 Savan — the Guru is arrested with three Sikhs — Bhai Dial Das, Sati Das and Mati Das.
• 1732 Bikrami, Maghar sudi chhat (12 November 1675) — Lakhi Shah lifts the Guru's body from Chandni Chowk, Delhi, and cremates it at his home in Raisina (Rakab Ganj).
• 1732 Bikrami, 13 November (1675) — Bhai Nano, Bhai Jaita and Bhai Uda carry the Guru's head from Delhi, reaching Kiratpur on Maghar sudi (15 November).
• 1732 Bikrami, 16 November — the head is cremated at Makhoval (Sri Anandpur).
• 1733 Bikrami, Assu vadi duadasi (1676) — Baba Dhirmal ji is summoned from Bakala to Delhi by the government.
• 1734 Bikrami, Mangsar sudi duj, Friday (1677) — Baba Dhirmal ji passes away after one year, two months and five days in prison.
• 1735 Bikrami, Jeth sudi panchami (1678) — Sri Dasmesh ji brings Mata Jito ji home in the muklava ceremony.
• 1735 Bikrami, Bhadau sudi ekam, Wednesday (1678) — Baba Ram Chand ji, elder son of Baba Dhirmal, passes away in captivity at Delhi.
• 1737 Bikrami, 30 Jeth sudi 11, Friday (28 May 1680) — Bhai Lakhi Shah leaves this world at Rakab Ganj.
• 1743 Bikrami, 29 Magh (1686) — Sahibzada Ajit Singh is born to Mata Sundari ji at Paonta.
• 1744 Bikrami, Bhadron sudi 1 Assu (4 September 1687) — Sahib Ram Rai ji passes away at Khurvadhi (Dehradun).
• 1745 Bikrami, 24 Bhadron (24 August 1688) — the first barsi of Baba Ram Rai.
• 1745 Bikrami, 18 Assu sudi chauth, Tuesday (18 September 1688) — the battle of Bhangani, in which four Sikhs (Bhai Uda; Sango Shah and Jit Mal, sons of the Guru's aunt; and Hathi Chand) attain martyrdom.
• 1745 Bikrami, Maghar sudi ekam (1688) — the Guru goes to Bilaspur on Rani Champa's invitation, with Bhai Mani Singh and others, and is granted land at Tarapur and Agampura.
• 1747 Bikrami, Chet vadi dasvin, Saturday (1690) — Sahibzada Jujhar Singh is born to Mata Jito ji at Anandpur Sahib.
• 1747 Bikrami, 22 Chet, Friday (20 March 1691) — the Guru joins the battle of Nadaun at Raja Bhim Chand's call; Sohan Chand and Mul Chand are martyred.
• 1750 Bikrami, Chet vadi ekam (2 March 1693) — at the marriages of Chitar, Bachitar and Uday, dohas are sung recalling the valour shown at Bhangani and Nadaun.
• 1752 Bikrami, Visakhi (1695) — the Guru asks for five heads, chooses the Panj Piare, and prepares and gives the Amrit of the khanda.
• 1752 Bikrami, 23 Phagan (20 February 1696) — with the Guru's aid, Raj Singh 'Gopal' fights Husain Khan on the plain of Guler.
• 1752 Bikrami, 21 Chet (March 1696) — in the country of Bhalan, Narain Chand and Jujhar Singh Handa are slain.
• 1753 Bikrami, 13 Savan, Monday (13 July 1696) — Aurangzeb's heir, Prince Muazzam (Bahadur Shah), receives Multan and marches towards the Panjab.
• 1753 Bikrami, Maghar sudi 3 (1696) — Sahib Jorawar Singh is born to Mata Jito ji at Anandpur.
• 1754 Bikrami, Magh–Phagan (January–February 1697) — Bahadur Shah sends four detachments against Anandpur and the neighbouring principalities.
• 1757 Bikrami, 29 Bhadau, Thursday (1700) — the battle of Taragarh under Sahib Ajit Singh's command; Ishar Singh and others are martyred.
• 1757 Bikrami, 30 Bhadau, Friday (1700) — the second day, at Fatehgarh; Bhagwan Singh, Jawahar Singh and Nand Singh are martyred.
• 1757 Bikrami, 31 Bhadron, Saturday (August 1700) — the battle of Agamgarh; Bagh Singh, Dharbara Singh and Bhai Duni Chand are martyred.
• 1757 Bikrami, 1 Assu (1 September 1700) — the battle of Lohgarh; Alam Singh, Sukha Singh, Khazal Singh and others attain martyrdom.
• 1757 Bikrami, 7 Katik, Tuesday (1700) — the battle of Nirmohgarh; Bhai Himmat Singh and Bhai Uda Singh are martyred.
• 1757 Bikrami, 13 Katik — the third battle of Nirmohgarh; Jeet Singh and Neta Singh are martyred, and the next day (14th, Tuesday) Kesar Singh and Mokal Singh.
• 1757 Bikrami, 19 Katik (1700) — while the Guru is out hunting, the Khalsa clashes with the Gujjars of Kalmot; Bhai Jeevan Singh is martyred.
• 1759 Bikrami, 8 Magh, Wednesday (6 January 1703) — during a solar eclipse the Guru goes to Kurukshetra; on the return (16 Magh, 14 January) Said Beg and Alaf Khan try in vain to seize him near Chamkaur.
• 1760 Bikrami, Chet vadi ekam (1703) — Sahibzada Ajit Singh recovers the Brahmin's wife from the Pathan at Basi.
• 1760 Bikrami, Maghar sudi panchami, Sunday (1703) — in Ajmer Chand's attack, Hem Singh and Karan Singh are martyred.
• 1761 Bikrami, Magh sudi ekam (1704) — by the Guru's leave, Bhai Jetha Singh's daughter Bibi Tara Bai is married to Sahibzada Ajit Singh ji.
• 1761 Bikrami, 20–21 Chet (1705) — Ajmer Chand's very great attack on Anandpur; Bhai Khem Singh, Bir Singh and Amar Singh attain martyrdom.
• 1762 Bikrami, Jeth (1705) — the rajas and the Turk army lay siege to Anandpur.
• 1762 Bikrami, Poh sudi duj, Wednesday — Bhai Uday Singh, son of Mani Singh, falls fighting Ajmer Chand's force with fifty Singhs at Shahi Tibbi.
• 1762 Bikrami, Poh sudi 8, 9, 10 (7, 8, 9 December 1705) — the Guru rests in the upper room of Bhai Gulaba's son; on 12 Poh sudi (11 December) he leaves Machhiwara for the inn at Doraha.
• 1762 Bikrami, 30 (29 December 1705) — the battle of Muktsar (Khidrane), in which forty Singhs are martyred.
• 1763 Bikrami, Jeth sudi chauth (1706) — at Bhagu Singh's felicitation, Bhatt Desa Singh sings a doha recalling the valour of Uday Singh and Bachitar Singh.
• 1764 Bikrami, 19 Katik sudi chhat, Monday (20 October 1707) — the Sahibzada known as 'Palik' rejoins the Guru.
• 1765 Bikrami, 12 Magh (10 January 1708) — the Guru reaches Amber; on 22 Magh, Ajmer; from 1–3 Phagan, Pushkar and Gobind Ghat; on 14 Chet, back to Ajmer.
• 1765 Bikrami, 5 Vaisakh, Friday (2 April 1708) — the Guru and Bahadur Shah reach Chittorgarh; the next day (6 Vaisakh) Sahib Jorawar Singh 'Palik', Man Singh and twenty companions are martyred — Jorawar Singh having escaped Chamkaur alive though wounded.
• 1765 Bikrami, 3 Katik sudi duj, Monday (1708) — the Guruship is given to Sri Guru Granth Sahib for all time; the next day (Katik sudi 4) Baba Banda Singh sets out for the Panjab.

ਸਾਰ The Summing-Up

• On the present paper's authority, the marriage of Sahib Gobind Das to Mata Jito ji is shown in 1730 Bikrami (15 Jeth, 1673 CE). Giani Garja Singh's historical research agrees on the Bikrami year, though it gives the Common-Era date as 1672.
• Bhai Ranbir Singh shows the Guru's marriage to Mata Jito ji as 1743 Bikrami, 24 Harh (22 June 1686) — a Sunday.
• For Sahibzada Ajit Singh's birth, Bhai Ranbir Singh gives 1742 Bikrami, Jeth 15 (13 May 1685, a Wednesday), rather than 1743 Bikrami, 29 Magh.
• Bhai Ranbir Singh places the birth of Sahib Jujhar Singh in 1753 Bikrami, 29 Mangsar sudi 1 (29 November 1696). For his birth this paper records 1747 Bikrami, Chet vadi dasvin, a Saturday (1690); Giani Garja Singh keeps the same Bikrami year but gives 1691 CE.
• For Sahibzada Jorawar Singh's birth, against this paper's 1753 Bikrami, Maghar sudi 3 (1696), Bhai Ranbir Singh shows 1747 Bikrami, Chet 21 masia (19 March 1691, a Thursday).
• For the founding of the Khalsa, this paper gives 1752 Bikrami, on the Visakhi day (1695). Piara Singh Padam records two dates for the Amrit ceremony — one, 1752, that the Guru first prepared the pahul of the khanda; another, 1756 Bikrami, that the great offering of heads and the Amrit Sanchar took place. Giani Garja Singh's research too shows 1752 Bikrami, Visakhi (1695). But the correct and attested date remains the Visakhi of 1699 CE.
• As for Sahib Jorawar Singh 'Palik' rejoining the Guru at Agra, historical research shows 1764 Bikrami, 19 Katik, a Monday (1707); Bhai Ranbir Singh gives the same (20 October); Piara Singh Padam places it in 1764 Bikrami, 22–23 Savan; and this paper too records 1764 Bikrami, 19 Katik sudi chhat (20 October 1707).