Baba Gurbaksh Singh

Gurbaksh Singh
Born(1688-04-10)10 April 1688
Lil, Amritsar, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire (present-day India)
Died1 December 1764(1764-12-01) (aged 76)
Shri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, Sikh Confederacy (present-day India)
Cause of deathKilled in action
Wars and battlesMughal-Sikh wars
Afghan-Sikh Wars
  • Battle of Darbar Sahib (1764) †
FatherDasaundha
MotherMai Lachchhami

Baba Gurbaksh Singh (10 April 1688 – 1 December 1764) was a Sikh warrior from the 18th century who served under the Shaheedan Misl of the Sikh confederacy. Gurbaksh Singh along with 29 other Sikh warriors led a last stand against the Afghan and Baloch forces on 1 December 1764, at Amritsar. It was in this skirmish that Baba Gurbaksh Singh along with 29 other Sikhs were killed. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.


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