Background
Sahibzada Fateh Singh was the third son of Mata Jito, Gobind Singh"s first wife. His mother died when he was one year old, and he was cared for by his grandmother, Mata Gujari, until his martyrdom.
Sahibzada Fateh Singh was the third son of Mata Jito, Gobind Singh"s first wife. His mother died when he was one year old, and he was cared for by his grandmother, Mata Gujari, until his martyrdom.
He is also known as Baba Fateh Singh. The term Baba is used in India for an elder who is respected for his wisdom. A combination of Mughals and hillmen besieged Anandpur Sahib on the orders of emperor Aurangzeb.
The stock of food in the town ran out.
To this Guru Gobind Singh agreed and left the town with his family and a small band of retainers. Gangu brought Mata Gujri and the two Sahibzadas to his native village of Sahedi.
They were then brought to Sirhind in the presence of Wazir Khan, the Nawab of Sirhind. With a courage that belied their years, both boys refused to do southern
Wazir Khan sentenced them to death.
They were bricked up alive within a wall. After Guru Gobind Singh"s death, Madhodas Bairagi, a hermit from Nanded, whom the Guru baptised as Gurbaksh Singh, also known as Banda Bahadur, besieged the Punjab. After laying waste, the cities of Samana and Sandhaura, he moved towards Sirhind and after defeating the Mughal forces, beheaded Wazir Khan.
The place where the two sons of Guru Gobind were bricked alive is today known as Fatehgarh Sahib.
Bribed by the Mughals, he turned over the three members of Guru Gobind Singh"s family to the faujdar of Morinda.