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Badh (tribe)

Jat Clan: BADH/Badhan

Distribution Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab (India), Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana

Descended from: SAROYA Rajputs

Branches: None

Religion Islam, Hinduism and SIKHISM

Languages Punjabi, Haryanvi and Dogri

Surnames: Badhan Bâdhân BADH


The Badhan(Bâdhân, Persian: ) are a Jat gotra (clan)[1] found in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
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The Badhan clan descends from the Saroa Rajputs. It is also claimed that they were the native people of Punjab region before the arrival of Aryans. After the arrival of Aryans they resisted the infiltration and eventually merged amongst invaders. Kala, their ancestor, left Jammu and settled in Sialkot. From Sialkot they spread to Gujrat, and eventually Mirpur.


Badhans are also found in the Northern region of Punjab (district Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, NawaSheher, Ropar and Kapurthala), Southern region of Jammu and Kashmir (Kathua, Mirpur, Jammu, Sialkot, Rajouri, Poonch where they claim a connection with Sudhans and Doda).

Badhan is mentioned in some Islamic books.

:- ABOVE WE MENTION SAROYA RAJPUT. NOW WE TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE , N WHOM TO THEY BELONG.

Bhai Bachittar Singh

:Bhai Bachitter Singh Saroya Ji

A depiction of Bhai Bachitter Singh Saroya Ji killing the drunk elephant set by Mughal forces on the Sikh forces in the battlefield with Nagni Barcha (snake spear) given by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. This photo was taken by outside the Sikh History museum on way from Mohali to Sirhind

Bhai Bachittar Singh (6 May 1664 – 8 December 1705), often known with the honorific "Shaheed" (martyr), was a Saroya Sikh Rajput hero, a warrior under Guru Gobind Singh.


1 Early Life
2 Second Battle of Anandpur
3 Other Battles
4 Death
5 See also
6 References

Early Life

Bhai Bachittar Singh, born on 6 May 1664 at Padhiana was the second son of Bhai Mani Ram, a Minhas Rajput and devotee of the Sikh Gurus. One of the five brothers presented by their father for service to Guru Gobind Singh, he joined the order of the Khalsa on the historic Baisakhi day, 14 April 1699, and shot into prominence during the first battle of Anandpur against the hill chieftains, when, on 1 September 1700, he was selected by Guru Gobind Singh to single-handedly face a drunken elephant brought forth by the enemy to batter down the gate of Lohgarh Fort.
Second Battle of Anandpur

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and a small number of Sikhs were defending their position in Lohgarh fort of Anandpur Sahib during The Second Battle of Anandpur, which was under attack by numerically far superior forces under the rule of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and the Hindu rulers of the Hill States. Despite superior numbers, the besiedging forces were unable to penetrate the heavily-defended fort. They brought forth an armoured, druken elephant to batter in the gates. Bhai Bachittar Singh was tasked with stopping the elephant, armed with a Nagni Barcha, a type of spear. As the elephant approached the gate, Bachittar Singh, sallied forth on horseback and made a powerful thrust with his spear piercing the elephant's armour plate and injuring the animal in the forehead. The wounded elephant ran back creating havoc and great damage in the enemy's ranks. As a result of Bhai sahib's bold action, the Sikhs gained an upper hand in this conflict.[1]
Other Battles

Bachittar Singh also took part in actions at Nirmohgarh and Basali and in the last battle of Anandpur. On the fateful night of 5-6 December 1704, when Anandpur was evacuated, he was one of those who safely crossed the torrential Sirsa rivulet. At the head of a flanking guard watching pursuers from the direction of Ropar, he had an encounter with a body of irregulars near Malikpur Ranghran in which he was seriously wounded. He was carried , near death, to Nihang Khan's house at Kotla Nihang Khan by Sahibzada Ajit Singh and Bhai Madan Singh.
Guru Gobind Singh asked Nihang Khan to look after Bachittar Singh, after which he proceeded with the remaining forty or so Sikhs towards Chamkaur. Guru Gobind Singh, before his departure, bestowed upon Nihang Khan; a sword, a dagger and a shield.
The rumour spread that Nihang Khan was sheltering some Sikhs, the Mughal troops searched his house while the mortally wounded Bachittar Singh lay in a small room attended by Nihang Khan's daughter. Living up to his name, Nihang Khan maintained his cool and succeeded in keeping the search party from entering the room by telling them that his daughter was nursing her very sick husband. Thus the danger was averted.
Death

Bachittar Singh's wounds proved to be fatal. He succumbed to his injuries and breathed his last on 8 December 1705.
Nihang Khan had the cremation performed secretly the following night