Tara Singh Wan

Bhai
Tara Singh Wan
Tara Singh Wan striking Sahib Rai
Born
Tara Singh

1687 (1687)
Wan, Tarn Taran district, Punjab
Died30 March 1726(1726-03-30) (aged 38–39)
Wan, Tarn Taran district, Punjab
Cause of deathKilled in Action
Other namesBhai Tara Singh
Known forSikh Martyr

Tara Singh Wan (1687–30 March 1726) was an eighteenth-century Sikh martyr. He was from the village of Wan, also known as Wan Tara Singh and Dall-Wan now in Tarn Taran district tehsil Bhikhiwind of the Eastern Punjab. After humbling the faujdar of Patti, he was killed while resisting a Mughal army dispatched by Zakaria Khan. Thus, Tara Singh was part of one of the first recorded Sikh military actions in the post-Banda Singh Bahadur period. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.

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