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Bibi Viro ji was daughter
of Guru Hargobind ( 1595-1644) and Mata
Oamodan, was born at Amritsar on ll
July 1615. She was married to Bhai Sadhu,
son of Bhai Dharma, a Khosla Khatri
of the village of Malla. She was deeply
religious and as well as a warrior in
the mould of her Brother like Tyag Mall
(Guru Tegh Bahadur).
The nuptials were performed on 4 May
1629 at Jhabal, 15 km southwest of Amritsar.
She was the mother of five sons, Sango
Shah, Jit Mall, Gulab Chand, Mahri Chand
and Galiga Ram. She raised them very
well and with deep Sikh values. All
the five sons took part in a battle
fought on 18 September 1688, between
Guru Gobind Singh and Raja Fateh Shah
of Srinagar ( Garhval) at Bhangani,
11 km from Paonta, in the present Sirmur
district of Himachal Pradesh, Sango
Shah and Jit Mall dying in action.
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