Son of Bhai Surjan Singh and MW Ganga Kaur
was born on 4 January 1903 at village Kartarpur in Sialkot district.
The family descended on the paternal side from Bhai Alam Singh Nachana,
a prominent Sikh in Guru Gobind Singh's retinue.
Young Buddh Singh shared his elders' religious
fervour and also received formal education up to the middle school
standard. At the age of 15, he accompanied his parents on a pilgrimage
to Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded, where he received the vows
of the Khalsa and donned a Nihang's uniform.
He organized a kirtani jatha (choir) and began
preaching the Guru's teachings. On 18 February 1921, Buddh Singh
went to Chakk No. 13 Nanakpura, district Sheikhupura, where lived
his mother's sister with her husband and their infant son.
On 19 February 1921 the entire family including
Buddh Singh went to Nankana Sahib to offer homage and thanks-giving
at different shrines in the town. They spent the night at Gurdwara
Patshahi Chhevin. Early in the next morning, Buddh Singh went out
for a walk along the railway line and ran into the jatha of Bhai
Lachhman Singh Dharovali bound for Gurdwara Janam Asthan.
Bhai Buddh Singh joined the jatha which
was showered with bullets as they reached the shrine. Buddh Singh
fell a martyr along with others.
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