3 November
On this day in 1668
Bhai Dharam Singh was born in Hastnapur to father Sant Ram and Matta Sabho
He was among the first five members to be initiated into the Khalsa order. He was the second one to answer Guru Gobind Singh call and offered his head to the Guru. He remained in the company of his great Master when he went to Nanded where he breathed his last in 1708.
Also on this day
- 1753Meer Mannu fell from his horse during an attack As his foot was stuck in the saddles’s stirrup, hew got dragged to death. Subsequently, his wife Mighalani sought help of Abdali.
- 1834Raja Sangat Singh of Jind passed away
- 1988The hearing began in the case of General Vaidiya’s murder On Aug. 10th, 1985, Harjinder Singh "Jinda" and Sukhdev Singh "Sukha", gunned down General Vadiaya after his retirement from the Indian army. General Vadiya was the Chief of the Indian Army who ordered the attack on the holiest of the holy shrines at Amritsar and elsewhere in Punjab during 1984 operations. On Oct. 9, 1992, Sukhdev Singh "Sukha" and Harjinder Singh "Jinda" were hanged until death in Puna Jail.