Background
Haqiqat Rai was born into a Puri family, in Sialkot, Punjab. His father"s name was Baghmal. Haqiqat Rai retorted by taking name of Fatimah, a daughter of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, that how will they feel if he abused her.
Haqiqat Rai was born into a Puri family, in Sialkot, Punjab. His father"s name was Baghmal. Haqiqat Rai retorted by taking name of Fatimah, a daughter of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, that how will they feel if he abused her.
Different sources mention his year of birth differently, ranging from 1719 to 1724. As a result, he was beheaded in Lahore, during the governorship of Zakariya Khan. Different sources give different dates of his death, including 1732, 1735, 1742 and 1791.
In 1782, a poet named Aggra (aka Agra or Aggar Singh) wrote a Punjabi var (ballad) titled Haqiqat Rai di Var.
In the first decade of the twentieth century (1905-1910), three Bengali writers popularized the legend of Haqiqat Rai"s martyrdom through their essays. The three accounts differ greatly.
lieutenant also printed copies of the legend, and distributed them free of cost or at a nominal price of 2 paisa. His samadhi in Sialkot was also a place of worship.
In 2004, Nawa-i-Waqt, a Pakistani daily opposed Basant Panchami celebrations in Pakistan, arguing that the festival celebrated Haqiqat Rai"s insult of Muhammad.
Another samadhi dedicated to Haqiqat Rai is located in Boeli of Baba Bhandari (Hoshiarpur district), where people gather and pay obeisance to Haqiqat Rai during Basant Panchami. In Gurdaspur district, a shrine dedicated to him is located at Batala. The town also has a samadhi dedicated to Sati Lakshmi Devi, said to be the wife of Haqiqat Rai.
Many cities in India have localities named after Haqiqat Rai, mostly the ones where the partition refugees settled.
Foreign example, Hakikat Nagar in Delhi.