Date – 11 April, 2024
Day:- Thursday
At Akal Academy Holi Barara, on the occasion of Baba Jujhar singh ji
birthday celebration 11 April,2024 was celebrated. Sahibzada Jujhar
Singh, the second son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, was born to Mata Jito ji
(also known as Mata Sundari ji) at Anandpur. elder, he started training
in the fighting skills (Gatka) as soon as he started learning the religious
texts aged about 4 to 5 years.In 1699, when he was eight years old, he
became a Khalsa by partaking Amrit.By the time it became necessary to
leave Anandpur under the pressure of a besieging host in December
1705, Jujhar Singh, nearing the completion of his fifteenth year, was an
experienced young warrior, strong and fearless.He was one of the band
that successfully waded through the flooded Sarsa rivulet on horseback
and made good their way to Chamkaur by nightfall on 6 December
1705, with the adversary in hot pursuit. With little respite during the
night, he participated in the next day's battle warding off assault after
assault upon the "garhi", the fortified house in which Guru Gobind
Singh Ji had, along with his 40 Sikhs and two sons, taken shelter.Baba
Jujhar Singh ji led the last sally towards the end of the day (7 December
1705), and laid down his life fighting near the place where he had
earlier seen his elder brother fall. He was just 14 years old when he
