Background
He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of the village Saifpur-Karamchandpur, Hastinapur, Meerut District. Dharam Das, as he was originally named, was born around 1666.
He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of the village Saifpur-Karamchandpur, Hastinapur, Meerut District. Dharam Das, as he was originally named, was born around 1666.
He left home at the age of thirteen in quest of further instruction. Dharam Das was one of those five. The Guru blessed them and called them Panj Pyare, the five beloved of him.
Guru Gobind Singh then asked them to administer to him the vows of initiation.
Dharam Das, who, after initiation, became Dharam Singh, took part in the battles of Anandpur. He was in Guru Gobind Singh"s train when Anandpur and thereafter Chamkaur were evacuated.
He accompanied Bhai Daya Singh to the South to deliver Guru Gobind Singh"s letter, the Zafarnamah, to Emperor Aurangzeb. He accompanied Guru Gobind Singh to Nanded and was with him at the time of his death on 7 October 1708.
Dharam Singh died at Nanded.
A gurdwara there preserves the memory jointly of Bhai Dharam Singh and Bhai Daya Singh.