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Bhai HIMMAT SINGH ji
was one of the Panj Piare, or the Five
Beloved, celebrated in Sikh history,
was born in 1661 at Jagannath in a low
caste family of water suppliers. He
came to Anandpur at the young age of
17, and attached himself to the service
of Guru Gobind Singh. Bhai Himmat, as
he was called before his initiation,
was one of the five Sikhs who one by
one offered to lay down their heads
in response to the Guru's successive
calls made at an assembly of the Sikhs
especially summoned on the occasion
of Baisakhi of 1756 Bk corresponding
to 30 March 1699. He along with the
other four received the vows of the
Khalsa at Guru Gobind Singh's hands
and was renamed Himmat Singh. Himmat
Singh proved a brave warrior and while
at Anandpur, he took part in battles
with the surrounding hill chiefs and
imperial commanders.
He attained martyrdom fighting in the
battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.
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