:dateline:SGPC will observe the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh Ji at Gurudwara Sri Manji Sahib Diwan Hall in Harmandir sahib complex on July 16.
Manager of Sri Harmandir Sahib S. Partap Singh informed that Bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib will be laid on July 16 at Sri Manji Sahib Diwan Hall. Famous Ragis and Dhadis will address religious discourse to the Sikh sangat about the martyrdom and sacrifices of Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh Ji.
Born in Punjab during the reign of the Mughal Empire, Bhai Taru Singh was raised as a Sikh by his widowed mother, Bibi Dharam Kaur as his father, Bhai Jodh Singh had died in battle. During this time, Sikh revolutionaries were plotting the overthrow of the Khan and had taken refuge in the jungle. Bhai Taru Singh and his sister, Tar kaur (Taro) Kaur gave food and other aid to these Sikh fighters. Akil Das, having informed the authorities about both of them to Zakaria Khan, the two of them were arrested for treason. Though his sister’s freedom was bought by the villagers, Bhai Taru Singh refused to seek a pardon.
