Baba Binod Singh | |
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 Binod Singh, Kahan Singh, Baj Singh, Daya Singh, and Ram Singh depicted as a Panj Piare group from a gilded panel from Takht Hazur Sahib, Nanded | |
| 1st Jathedar of Buddha Dal | |
| In office 1708–1716 | |
| Succeeded by | Baba Darbara Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1716 or 1721 |
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| Military service | |
| Commander |  Khalsa Fauj |
Binod Singh, (died 1716 or 1721)[1][2] a Trehan Khatri and a descendant of Guru Angad, was an army man and disciple of Guru Gobind Singh and was among few Sikhs who accompanied him to Nanded in 1706.[3][4][5] In Budha Dal Chronicles, Guru Gobind Singh made Baba Binod Singh the head of the Khalsa.[citation needed]
- ^ "ਬਿਨੋਦ ਸਿੰਘ, ਬਾਵਾ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ" [Binod Singh]. punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ Nihang, Nidar Singh; Singh, Parmjit (2008). In the Master's Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib. Vol. 1. Kashi House. ISBN 9780956016805.
Binod Singh died in a skirmish with the Mughal forces in 1721. Akali Darbara Singh Nihang (1645-1735), a veteran warrior who had learnt shastar vidya from Guru Tegh Bahadur, succeeded him as the Buddha Dal's second jathedar.
- ^ Singh, Harbans (2002). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 1: A-D (4th ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. p. 374. ISBN 81-7380-100-2.
- ^ Singha, H.S. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries). Hemkunt Press. p. 38. ISBN 9788170103011.
- ^ Fenech, Louis E.; McLeod, W.H. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 70–71. ISBN 9781442236011.
BINOD SING (?-1716 trad.) - A disciple of the Tenth Sikh Master. Binod Singh, who accompanied Guru Gobind Singh to the Deccan in 1706, was (like Baj Singh) one of the five Sikhs who returned to the Punjab with Banda. Although he took part in many of Banda's campaigns, he eventually fell out with the Sikh warrior in 1714 because of the schism the so-called innovations of Banda had engendered. He nevertheless remained in Amritsar where apparently he was recruited by the Mughal army. Although he made his way to Gurdas-Nangal, it is claimed that he chose not to fight against Banda, after which he was attacked by the very imperial army of which he was a part. It seems that Bind Singh died in the fighting.