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was born on 15 Assu 1947 Bk/29 September 1890, the son of Bhai Jhanda
Singh and Mai javan, a Kamboj couple of Nizampur, in Amritsar district.
He learnt Punjabi in the village gurdwara and Urdu in the primary
school. Bhai Ram Singh was a devout Sikh and duly received the rites
of Khalsa initiation. From speeches he heard at a religious divan
at Gurdwara Khara Sauda, Chuharkana, he learnt about the deplorable
conditions of the Sikh shrines at Nankana Sahib under the control
of the hereditary mahants or custodians. He forthwith had his name
registered as a volunteer and proceeded to Nankana Sahib when called
up for the liberation of these shrines. He joined the squad of Bhai
Lachhman Singh Dharovali and attained martyrdom in the firing which
took place inside the compound of Gurdwara Janam Asthan on 20 February
1921. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee settled upon the
widow a pension of Rs 75 per annum.
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