The Continuation of The Story

Now we shall continue on with the story of Darbarra Singh. Where we had left of Kehar Singh had managed to kill the attacking lion. This is what happended afterwards, as the story continues:

He was well versed in Punjabi and was very regular in saying his prayers, attending the regimental Guardwara, giving discources on special religious days and organising and managing the religious activities as an ideal Sikh for the other Sikh soliders and Officers. His trhougt and his word was his action which enlightened, inspired and purified his life. He had served the army for twenty years but was still a bachelor. His days of retitrement to go on pension were approaching. He was still thirthy-nine but was in better health, greater happiness and bloom than many teenagers or his colleagues in early twenties. Something unexpected happended in the platoon. A halvidar died and his young widow was left behind who had no child. Many colleagues decided and made that young widow willing to marry Kehar Singh who was going on pension just after a few months. In those days, the widow remarriage was a social taboo. So, if left a widow, then her whole life was to be condomned to loneliness, negligance, inferior status and dehumanising drudgery in the house of her in-laws or in that of her parents. Kehar Singh accpected that proposal more as reformary action. Hence, his marriage to the widow, named Bibi Rattan Kaur was consummated according to Sikh rites. In 1909 some months after his marraige, Kehar Singh retired and came back to his native villiage of Jarg, getting a monthly pension of seven rupees. Bibi Rattan Kaur was a very wise women of religious ideas. Like her husband, she knew how to read the Guru Granth Sahib and often read book on Sikh Religion and history. Kehar Singh's mother, Harman Kaur was very happy to have a daughter-in-law, so beautiful, wise, humble,devoted good-natured and well versed in household affairs . Three happy years passed at Jarg and in 1912 a beautiful son was born to Rattan Kaur but unfortunetly his mother died when he was only 21 days old. What a tragedy! The grandmother Harman Kaur and father Kehar Singh humbly and quietly bowed to the will of God, with a spirit o resignation. Therefore, the grandmother took the entire responsability of brining up the motherless child who was to be named Darbarra Singh. A few moths after the birth of Darbarra Singh, Kehar Singh alongwith his mother, son and two brothers migrated to the village of Dalla Chanda Singh, Chak number 85, District Shiekhupur, where he bagan to cultivate land taken on lease.

The Story Continues...

Now, I shall continue with the story of Darbarra Singh. When we had left off, Kehar Singh had been on the ground with a lion. A event that had occurded due to the fact that he had gone hunting with the British and had not climbed on the tree. The following is the story:

Then what? The roaring tiger pounced upon Kehar Singh and the agile, fearless and resolute solider thrust his spear into the mouth of the tiger. The wounded and ferocious beast put his whole weight and force to reach the human combatant who did the same on his side. Lo, both the tigers, one called Sher and the other called Kehar, roared at each other. The spear pierced through the mouth, the wind-pipe and the neck of the tiger. The Englishman took a photo of the bout on his hand-camera, when the fight was still on. That photo is published in the famous and voluminious book, "Shaheedi Jiwan," by Sardar Gurbaskh Singh Shamsher Jhabalia, published in 1938. The tiger died writing like a fish. The British Army Officer came down from the tree, patted, embraced, and applauded Kehar Singh.

I do not understand why some people believe that Operation Bluestar is appropriate. The Indian Government is intent upon uprooting the lives of Sikhs as it has been proven time and time again. During the aftermath of the Air India bombing, the Indian government immediately blamed Sikhs and held them responsible. They were not satisfies with the innocent butchering of Sikhs in 1984 in India, now they were going world-wide. Sikhs were and are being blasted in the main stream main stream media because of this. Propaganda is even being spread about Sant Jarnail Ji Singh Khalsa Bhindrawale himself; about him murdering people and if the root of this propaganda is traced it will be the same people who are not happy with the success of Sikhs. I do not understand why Sikhs of my generation fall back upon propaganda about 1984 when eyewitness accounts have stated that it is all false. It really makes me sad to know this. Please if you do not know who to trust invest some time watching this documentary (It is only 10 minutes long) and the truth will be as clear as water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngnCl3PrU8&feature=youtube_gdata

Apologies about spelling mistakes.

To all of my fellow readers,

I would like to sincerly apologize for any spelling mistakes that I have made in any of my posts, I hope that they have not taken away from the blog. I will correct any that I see, please tell me if you see any. I shall post the story of Darbarra Singh in due course.

DARBARRA SINGH: THE STORY CONTINUES.

We had left of our srory of the of Darbarra Singh at just the introduction, now we shall continue it.

In 1887, he joined the army in platoon number 2, at Kohat in the North-West Frontier Provice of India. He was eighteen at the time. In 1897, within the service of ten years, he rose to the rank of a Havildar. He fought in the battles of Chitral, Bannu, Tonk, Bijore and Mullah Paiwand and won several medas of galantry. He was a brave hunter and dead shot. His smartness could beat the lightning attacks of leopeardsand lions and similairly his courage ould tower above theirs. That was the reason that his English Commanding Officers used to take him with them when they used to go for tiger-hunting. One of his accomplishments of his bravery, made him a legend in the army. His regiment was transferred to Asam. One day, his English Commanding Officer took him with him for huntinga tiger. They reached the tick of the jungle to climb on a tree from which the tiger was to be shot at, down on the ground. The Englishman climed on the tree from which the tiger was to be shot at, down on the ground. The Englishmen climed on the tree when Bhai Kehar Singh was still on the ground, relaxed and unprepared for any attack. All of a sudden a tiger roared like thunder and ran towards Kehar SIngh. The Commanding Officer cried, "Well, Kehar Singh, jaldi ooper charh jao, nahin to sher tum ko mar dega" (Well, Kehar Singh climb on the tree immediately, otherwise the tiger shall kill you). The tiger was too close. Kehar Singh firmly caught hold of his spear and replied back to the officer who was pearching on the tree, " Sahib, ab mujhey sher rukh te nahin charan dega. Main Kehar hoon aur yeh sheer hai, donno ikko baat hia. Main hamesha sheron ko rukh te char ke marta hoon, aaj isey jamin par maroon ga" (Sir, now the tiger will not let me climb on the tree. I'am a Kehar, he is a sher, both are the sam. Always I have been killing the tigers climbing on the tree. Today, I will kill when I'am also on the ground)

This is where the story ends for today. If you like the story or have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to leave a comment, I would really really apperciate it, you may also contact me by leaving a comment.

DARBARRA SINGH: THE FLAME OF FAITH

As promised, i will now continue the story of Darbarra Singh. Thought you may be wondering where the blog is headed in the future. For this reason I have a small video that you can watch about where I would like to take this blog. I unfortunetly could not embedded the video into this post but the video can be viewed from the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdb2GuZ3mMI. Now continuing with our story. Now, in this post we will learn a little bit more about the backround surrounding Darbarra Singh and about him as well.

FLAME OF FAITH: THE CHILD MARTYR DARBARRA SINGH:

Faith is the soul of religion and action is its body. Without the union of the soul and the body, nothing can be accomplished in the world. The teaching imparted by parents to their children, has most lasting effect inlife, bacause the things seen, heard, taught and expierenced at impressionable age are most impressive. It happended in a very exemplary way in the case of te child-martyr Bhai Darbarra Singh. His interesting and inspiring life, thoght short in years, yet imoortal in history, cannot be properly apperciated without knowing some important aspects and facts of the life of his father, Havildar Kaher Singh. They embraced martyrdom together, travelling step by step from the begining to te end of the journey,spirtually being fired with the same flame of faith and physically ending in te same flame of fire which they were at Nankana Sahib, the birth-place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh faith. I mean the respective life stories of the martyr-child sonand the martyr father, are end to end twined together like the two strings on a string. Bhai Kehar Singh was born in 1869 A.D. at the village of Jarg in the former Sikh state of Patalia. His father S.Jiwan Singh and his mother, Bibi Harman Kaur, were deeply devoted to their Sikh religion. Their fait was the root of the fruits called noble deeds, which they did to their fellow-beings in all possible ways. This is what they practically taught their three sons, Kehar Singh, Harman Singh and Sewa Singh. Bhai Kehar Singh grew up as a very strong and stout youngman, having handsome feauturesand fair complexion. His name means double lion; Kehar means lion and Singh also mans lion. He earned great fame as a wrestler and a weight lifter. Alongwith his physical strenght and beauty, he was widely admired for his noble chracter and life of a true Sikh-loving all, hating none, serving fellow-beings without any sort of discriminationand ever prepared for scrificing his life for his faith.

This is where I shall end the stroy for today. The reason you might be wondering, on as to why I bolded a certain part of the text. I did it to demonstrate what I have been saying all along that once something is taught at a young age it is learned forever. That is why we should encourage our children to go to the guardwara,the camp at the guardwara etc. It is amazing tha te youth from the community do not look up to people such as Darbarra Singh but people such as

THANK-YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS!

I'm humbly sorry about the great difference of time beteewn the first and second post, I feel that I owe an apology as well an explination. Due to the fact that I'm a student I had exams recently and was compleatly focused upon them, my apologies. I would also like to say sorry to Mai for not responding to her comment, thought I do check for comments, I think I have overlooked this one. The explination that I have provided about Operation Bluestar raises a question which Mai has adressed, if we want to discontinue calling Operation Bluestar due to it's intentional naming, what should we call it? I agree with Mai that we should call it Bluestar Massacre because that was what it basically was, not an operation as much as a massacre or a genecoide, manufactured and initiated by the government of the world's so called largest democracy. I believe that calling Operation Bluestar the Bluestar Massacre is a good idea for many reasons, due to the fact that people still know what it is referred to and it will help to spread the knowledge about Dr.Amarjeet Singh's theory. In the next post, I want to share a picture with my readers on as to what I meant about the importance of teaching the children of our future generations about our religion and what happended in 1984. Once you see it, I'm sure you will fully understand the significance of me sharing this story. In the next post I shall continue the story of the 9 year old martyr Darbarra Singh.

FLAME OF FAITH: THE CHILD MARTYR DARBARRA SINGH

The following is the story is the story of Darbarra Singh, please read it carefully because it demonstrates to us the level of devotion we should have. If you like the story could you please become a follower and leave comments. Here is the story of Darbarra Singh.

PREAMBLE:

We are considering the 75th year as the diamond jubilee of Shriromani Akali Dal which took its birth from the womb of heart redening and historical tragedy of Sri Nankana Sahib, which took place on the 20th of Febuary, 1921 A.D.

The Martyrdom of nine years old child Darbarra Singh alongwith his martyr father Sardar Kehar Singh, shook the conscience of the whole world. I heard about the great child martyr's self-sacrifice when i was a small boy. The historic event impressed and inspired me a lot.

Much was spoken of and some writers also wrote about Shaheed Darbarra Singh during those days but then was forgotten and today even the Sikhs who claim to be well-informed of the Sikh history of the 20th century, are ignorant of this ever-inspired story of this great child martyr.

We are greatful of Prof. Sher Singh 'Sher' who has done a great deal of research and study on this event and has written, "FLAIM OF FAITH", the forgotten tale of the unforgettable martyr which was badly needed to be historically resurrected and preserved which has been done by publishing it during the Diamond Jubilee year of Shiromani Akal Dal (1996). In addition to this publiction, we are heatfully delighted to fix the painting of this child martyr Darbarra Singh in the Central Sikh Musuem, Sri Darbar Sahib, Sri Amritsar.

His published biography and painting, drawn by the famous Sikh Artist S. Jarnail Singh of Chandigarh, will inspire Sikhs, generation by generation, and particularly the younger generations as well as the present and the properity.

I hope that the story that is about to follow will provide you with some insight into how important it is for parents to teach their children about their culture and big the effect can be such as on Darbarra Singh. If you like my blog, please do become a follower and please do leave comments.

DARBARA SINGH

I was recently doing a bit of research for this blog and I came across the tale of Darbarra Singh. It is the story of a young nine year child who achieved shahidi for Sikhism. We must remember tales and pass them along from generation to generation for they will increase the knowledge about our religion and make it last. This is why it is important to go to camp at the guardwara, learn the religious instruments, learn baani, learn gadka. This is exactly what the purpose of Bill 101 was, to promote the French culture and make it last. I know that I'm going a bit off track but I will next write the story that I had read about Darbarra Singh.

NEVER FORGET 1984

I wanted to write the following in my previous post, but I felt that it would have been to long. We must consider that what happended in 1984 was not only an attack on our religion. We must remember that not only was the Golden temple destroyed, but also the Sikh reference library; also the orignal Guru Granth Sahib and I believe more than 80 other guardwarads as well. To the left is a picture of what the Golden Temple looked like in 1984 after the attack. We must remember that not only was the army used, but also naval divers, first time to be used after the second world war; poisonious gas which was not used by anyone in power before this except Hitler. We must remember that the police and army went into a killing streak againt Sikhs; even thought we have never meant any harm. Even when we have co-operated with authorities, for example, the Kelo incident we have ended up harmed. I personally do not know much but I would like to learn more about it, could someone please leave a comment? The Indian Gouvernment lets those individuals go who were held responsible for murders of Sikhs when all the witnesses suddendly die or refuse to speak why? If you are not a Indian citizen I would like you to think, is India really a democratic country when it won't even allow Sikhs to become their own seperate state? Thanks for reading this post, sorry it is a bit short but I will build up on this, its just that I need more information.

NEVER FORGET 1984

I do want to write about 1984 but feel that it is a very sad time, that one most people don't want to discuss or they want to forget about. On the contary, this is exactly why I want to write about it. The Indian gouvernment itself is telling us to forget about it, by why should we? I think that it is very important that we remember this, because of the fact that the Indian governement is telling us to forget about it. This is the same gouvernement that not only did terrible things to Sikhs in India but also abroad. This is the same gouvernment that put pressure on the Canadian governement to re-open the case of the Air India bombing when it had been closed. SO THAT SIKHS COULD BE BLASTED OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. I personally would now like to draw your attention to a sheet of paper that I recieved and would like you to read. The following is a direct quotation.



The purpose of this demonstration is to give an insight into the attrociotes we have suffered since 1984 qnd how they have changed the chracteristics and nature of Sikhs today. The Sikhs are a peace loving community who following the teachings of the 10 gurus. Guru Nanak Dev Ji taught the human race is one race and we are all children of God, regardless of what faith we follow, caste, gender, backround etc. Since the very begining of Sikhi the Sikhs have faced a series of human right violations. Guru Nanak Dev Ji himself was unjustly improsoned by the mughal forces for preaching unity amongst all and devotation to god.

Guru Arjand Dev Ji was the 5th Master of the Sikhs and is often referred to the King of Shaheeds (martyrs) as he was the first Sikh Martyr. The Sacrifice made by the peace loving Guru was one of the biggest turning point in the history of Sikhs. The revered Guru was killed entirely because of the faith he followed.

As Sikhs, we have strived throught some tought and harsh times in our rich history; we have made hundreads of thousands, maybe even millions of sacrifices ever since the death of the fifth King to the present day. We will always be willing be willing to do so unless any opression is uplifted. Primarily as Sikhs we hope that such extreme measures aren't necessary, but subsequently such sacrifices are never forgotten.

One of the most horrific attacks on the Sikhs was only 25 years ago on the day of June 6,1984. When the Temple of God, Sri Harmandar Sahib was attacked and the Seat of Temporal Authority, Akaal Tkhat was demonished on the same day of the fifth Guru's Martyr. Sikhs will never be able to forget how the Indian Gouvernment led by Indra Gandhi laid seige to the most Famous of Sikh Temples. In a feeble attampt to wipe out the Sikh Nation with the with the excuse to liquidise Militants and Terrorists, Indra Ghandhi ordered not the state police, but the countries army to storm the Golden Temple Complex and other Sikh shrines all over India.

There are many questions that remain unanswered as to why the Indian Gouvernemnt attacked a small minority of their own citizens. The peace keeping Sikhs never stepped out of line and even in 1947 helped in the might battle when India was created. What makes it worse is that not one single MP has once appolized or made a statement to say that what happended was wrong and was not nessary. As Sikhs we feel cheated, we demand justice and demand the Very basic Human Rights.

There are some individuals that say the reason behind the attack was because some terrorits were demanding Khalistan, a seperate Sink state. This is a complete lie and a poor attempt to excuse the atrocities. Not once did a Sikh leader demand Khalistan before the attack on Akaal Takhat in 1984. However, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale did statethat the moment the Indian Army enters the Golden Temple Complex it will lay the founding stone for Khalistan. According to the UNO charter of Right any nation can ask to have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political staus and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.

Are these the actions of the World's Largest democracy? You decide!

All we ask you to do is a small prayer for the families of the Shaheeds and to Never Forget 1984!!!

The Message I would like to send out:

Firstly, I would like to say sorry about the long delay beteewn the last post and this one. There has been a lot going on. I want everybody to know who comes to this blog that this blog was created for the pupose of awarness to the injustice towards Sikhs, hence the title. I believe it is important that we know what has happended to us. It was surprising to me that people of my own generation do not know about what happended in 1985, who Gobind Ram was, what is happening today in India with Ram Rahim among other things. If we do not know what is happening to us, who will be left to follow our religion this is exactly the point that was made in the ardass of the night of the attack on the Golden Temple. We must realize that this is exactly what people would want. Why should we follow society's mold? What do we gain? We must remember that there is strenght in numbers. It is surpring that white Sikhs would be considered more devoted to Sikhism while the have been converted than those of us who have been born into the religion itself. I have found this video of a Sikh who goes to Los Angeles, it is very interesting because the the converted Sikhs wake up every morning to pray while she cannot. The title of the video is called White Sikhs. The converted Sikhs are not clean shaven they have breads and turbans while the reporter has a haircut that suprisingly fits today's mold. Now I would like to direct our attention to what Dr.Amarjeet Singh has said in one of his lectures. As it was stated earlier, there is strenght in numbers. Not once has consideration been given towards Sikhs. Not even the Religious color of Blue. When it came time to talk about the colors for the flag of India, the color blue was rejected each and every single time it was proposed. Even more shameful is the fact of Operation bluestar. Without really realizing it we still call it operation bluestar. It was actually named that to make fun of the color, to send the message that the forces are trying to destroy the religion. Indeed, even Buddism was made fun of. The first nuclear bobm test was called Smiling Buddha and the Second was called Laughing Buddha. How can someone who promotes peace be happy about violence. You see this is just a way of spreading propaganda as has been done time and time agian. Please do think about this and leave a comment.

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The purpose of this blog:

Hi,
My name is Gagndeep and I'm a second generation Sikh. I have started this blog in order to discuss the atrocities that have occured towards Sikhs, I would first of all like to thank Dr.Amarjeet Singh for it was because of him that I understand of what's going on and what happended and that we should make a difference. I would like to thank you for reading this first post.