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Second son of Guru Gobind Singh , born
to Mata Jito ji at Anandpur on 14 March
1691. Like his elder brother, Ajit Singh,
he started training in the fighting
skills as soon as he started learning
the religious texts. In 1699, when he
was eight years old, he received the
rites of Khalsa initiation. 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 had,
along with his 40 Sikhs and two sons,
taken shelter. As they ran out of ammunition
and arrows, Sikhs inside split themselves
into batches of five each who would
go out one after the other to engage
the besiegers in hand-to-hand combat.
Jujhar Singh 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 Ajit Singh fall. Gurdwara
Qatalgarh in Chamkaur Sahib now marks
the site.
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