Ans. The names of the four Sahibzadas (sons) of Guru Gobind Singh are:
- Baba Ajit Singh,
- Baba Jujhar Singh,
- Baba Zoravar Singh and
- Baba Fateh Singh.
Baba Ajit Singh was born on April 16, 1685, at Paonta Sahib and was martyred in the battle at Chamkaur on December 22. 1704.
Baba Jujhar Singh was born at Anand Pur Sahib in 1690 and was also martyred in the battle at Chamkaur on December 22, 1704.Before sending them to the battle-field Guru Gobind Singh (the father) said:
“My dear sons, you came to this world to destroy the tyrant (Mughals); to fight in the battle with the intention to sacrifice your head, so that these invaders would run in defeat. So there is no better time than this for both of you to go and fight in the battle. (‘Gur Sobha’)
Upon hearing this, Baba Ajit Singh said an Ardaas (supplication) and said: “Father, now behold the spectacle of the battle. (‘Gur Bilas Patshahi 10’).
When the younger son, Jujhar Singh, also requested for permission to go and fight unto death in the battle along with his elder brother, Guru Gobind Singh asked him to wait a bit. He kissed his son, sprinkled saffron and said:
“Go, achieve fame in this world and bliss in the next world.When the companion Singhs asked the tenth Master, after the martyrdom of his two older sons, as to how he felt?
His answer was:
“Today the Khalsa has become special in the court of the Lord” (Sainapati).
Baba Zoravar Singh was born on July 27, 1694, at Anand Pur Sahib and was martyred by having been entombed alive at Sirhind on December 27, 1704.
Baba Fateh Singh was born on April 30, 1699, at Anand Pur Sahib and was martyred along with his elder brother at Sirhind on December 27, 1704.
Before their martyrdom, while they were being taken to the court of the governor of Sirhind, they said to their grandmother, holy Mata Gujari:
“O mother, it will be our good fortune if our bodies are sacrificed for the sake of our Dharma”.
On being presented in the court, they had proclaimed:
“In our family the tradition is to sacrifice ones life rather that to forsake ones Dharma”.
On being told to bow before the governor, the young braves said,
“We bow only to the true emperor (God) and no one else”.
On hearing the verdict of death by getting entombed alive, they said, “We will never renounce our religion and become Muslim. We will sacrifice our head just as our forefathers have done in the past”.
When the tenth Master heard of the martyrdom of his younger sons, he said, “now this (Mughal) empire has been uprooted; the ruthless sinners have started killing innocent children”.
In Zafar Naama, the tenth Master also wrote to Aurangzeb that his younger sons were killed needlessly.