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Was born on 14 March 1691. Like his elder brother, Ajit Singh, he
started training in the fighting skills as soon as he started learning
the religious texts. In 1699, when he was eight years old, he received
the rites of Khalsa initiation. By the time it became necessary
to leave Anandpur under the pressure of a besieging host in December
1705, Jujhar Singh, nearing the completion of his fifteenth year,
was an experienced young warrior, strong and fearless.
He was one of the band that successfully waded through the flooded
Sarsa rivulet on horseback and made good their way to Chamkaur by
nightfall on 6 December 1705, with the adversary in hot pursuit.
With little respite during the night, he participated in the next
day's battle warding off assault after assault upon the garhi, the
fortified house in which Guru Gobind Singh had, along with his 40
Sikhs and two sons, taken shelter. As they ran out of ammunition
and arrows, Sikhs inside split themselves into batches of five each
who would go out one after the other to engage the besiegers in
hand-to-hand combat. Jujhar Singh led the last sally towards the
end of the day (7 December 1705), and laid down his life fighting
near the place where he had earlier seen his elder brother fall.
Gurdwara Qatalgarh in Chamkaur Sahib now marks the site.
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