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Still in his teens when he fell a martyr
at Nankana Sahib in 1921, was the son of Bhai Kehar Singh and Bibi
Ratan Kaur. His father was serving in the Indian army as a havildar
(sergeant) and he was born at a cantonment station. His mother died
when he was a bare three weeks old, and he was brought up by his
grandmother. His father originally belonged to Jarg village, then
in the princely state of Patiala, but some time after his retirement
in 1908 he migrated to Chakk No. 85 Dalla Chanda Singh in a newly
developed canal district.
When on 19 February 1921, Bhai Kehar Singh
prepared to join the jatha or batch of Akali volunteers bound for
Nankana Sahib, Darbara Singh, too, much against the wishes of his
father as well as against the entreaties of his old grandmother,
joined it. Both father and son were hacked to pieces the following
morning in the enclosed compound of Gurdwara Janam Asthan.
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