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 Bhai
Taru Singh lived with his mother and
younger sister at village Pahoola and
did farming for his living. His father
had died while he was still young. It
had become a part of his life to speak
with love, serve everyone who came to
him and help those in need.
One day, Rahim Bakhsh, a Muslim fisherman
stayed at his house to spend the night.
Before going to bed, he talked to Bhai
Taru Singh, "The Commander of Patti
had forcibly taken away my daughter,
when I complained to the Governor about
him, he got me thrown out of the court.
Nobody listens to the complaints of
the poor in this regime." Bhai
Taru Singh said to him, 'Your complaint
has not been listened by the Governor
but it has been heard in the house of
Guru Nanak. Your daughter will reach
you in a few days."
After some days a squad of Singhs passing
that way, met Bhai Taru Singh. Bhai
Taru Singh told them about the trouble
of Rahim Bakhsh. That squad raided Patti
and returned his daughter to him. The
Commander of Patti was killed in that
raid. Khushala, the headman of village
Pahoola, informed Zakria Khan, the Governor,
the secret behind this happening. The
Governor sent soldiers to arrest Bhai
Taru Singh. Bhai Taru Singh said to
the soldiers who had come to arrest
him, "You have come to take me
away on the orders of your master. I,
bound by the orders of my Master, cannot
let you go without meals." The
soldiers acceded to his request and
after taking meals, arrested him and
presented him before the Governor.
Hoping that Bhai Taru Singh will help
in arresting other Singhs if he embraces
Islam, the Governor said to him, "All
your sins can be pardoned if you become
a Muslim and cut and give me those long
hair of yours so that I may make a string
of them for weaving my bed." Bhai
Taru Singh said, "I shall keep
my faith with these hair and you shall
be controlled by my shoes and with these
you will die." The Governor was
beside himself with rage on hearing
this. He got Bhai Taru Singh mounted
on rotating wheels of torture and then
from a cobbler got his scalp removed
so that hair may not grow again. After
that he got him thrown in a ditch.
In the evening the Governor could not
pass urine. When the efforts of the
physicians failed, the Governor sent
Bhai Subeg Singh to seek pardon from
Bhai Taru Singh. He sent him to the
leader of Dal Khalsa. The leader said,
"The Governor can pass urine if
he is hit on the head with the shoe
of Bhai Taru Singh but he will die before
Bhai Taru Singh.
 The
words of the Singh must be fulfilled.
When the Governor took the shoe of Bhai
Taru Singh and hit his head with it,
he was able to urinate. After surviving
for 22 days with the help of that shoe,
the Governor died on the 1st July, 1745
A.D. Bhai Taru Singh gave up this mortal
body after hearing about the death of
the Governor.
A Gurdwara in Ludhiana district has
been established to depict the suffering
of such great Khalsa martyrs as Bhai
Taru Singh through pictures. This picture
represents life size sculptures of various
characters involved depicting the glorious
deeds of Bhai Taru Singh.
Salute to Great Sikh Martyr Bhai Taru
Singh 
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