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PM announces 26th December as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ to mark martyrdom of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji.They were sahibzades of Guru Gobind Singh

WHO WERE SAHIBZADES?

• Four sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
• Sacrificed their lives in an important battle against the Mughals.
• Names of the Sahibzades were- Sahibzada Ajit Singh, Sahibzada Jujhar Singh, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh.
• Initiated into the Khalsa, an elite warrior group created by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 to protect the innocent from religious persecution.
• All four Sahibzades were executed by Mughal forces before the age of 19.
• Sikhism honors the martyred sons of Guru Gobind Singh in the ardas prayer as “Char Sahibzade,” the four princes of the Khalsa warrior order.