Career
She was from the village Raipur Rani which is 2 km from the famous town of Chamkaur. Guru Gobind Singh escaped the fort of Chamkaur on the night of December 22, 1705. He briefly stopped at Raipur on his way to Machhiwara.
According to one account, Bibi Sharan Kaur Pabla was so grief-stricken that she herself jumped in the funeral pyre and ended her life.
According to another view she did not self-immolate but was slain by Moghul soldiers and thrown in the funeral pyre of Sahibzadas, when she and her other accomplices from Raipur, were caught cremating the bodies of Sahibzadas. A third account says that she indeed jump into funeral pyre in a Jauhar style self-immolation.
Her own husband Bhai Pritam Singh, who was one of Guru Gobind Singh"s warriors, was with the 10th Guru inside the Chamkaur fort resisting the Moghul attack. In total she is said to have collected bodies of thirty two stormtroopers of the Guru, including two Sahibzadas.
She tried to cremate them in a single funeral pyre.
Sharan Kaur was a Saini and Raipur has considerable Saini population. In 1945 a Gurudwara was built in village Raipur to commemorate Bibi Sharan Kaur Pabla. Once she was sent to find out the strength of the Pathan forces that were conspiring to ambush Jamrud.
She kept a concealed identity.
She managed to use her handkerchief to press it to his nose. She killed him with dagger very silently and managed to escape from the sword of soldiers.
Pathans took advantage of the situation and revolted and surrounded the fort to attack. lieutenant was pretended that he was healing and taken to fort top where he was shown walking to demoralise the rebels.
But on 30 April 1837, he died.
His demise was still a secret. Sharan Kaur showed her bravery by disguising herself as a Pathan woman and got to Pashawar to inform Maharaja Ranjit Singh about this incident. By her such information Maharaja Ranjit Singh took hold of the situation and squelched the rebel with his large force.
She saved the fort.
Sharan Kaur was later awarded and thanked for her bravery. She will always be remembered for her selfless service and excellent espionage in the pages of history.
