Bhai Jiwan Singh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sikh general
Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1649
Place of Birth: Patna, Bihar, India
Date of Death: 22-Dec-1704
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Bhai Jiwan Singh
- Baba Jiwan Singh (also spelled Jivan and Jeevan) (Bhai Jaita before baptism) (1649–1704) was a Majhabi Sikh General and an accomplice, companion and friend of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
- As well as his military prowess he was a poet and a warrior.
- He became a Sikh martyr when he fell during the Battle of Sarsa in 1704 against the Mughal armies.
- He also taught gatka, shabad kirtan, archery, horse riding, and swimming to Sahibzada Ajit Singh, a son of Guru Gobind Singh.Born as Jaita to father Sada Nand and mother Mata Premo at Patna, India in 1649..
- Alternatively his mother was Lajwanti, the daughter of the Brahmin Pandit Shiv Narayan.
- He lived first at Patna where he received training in various weapons and learned the art of warfare.
- In addition, he learned horse-riding, swimming, music and Kirtan.
- When Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, was martyred by the Mughals in Delhi, Baba Jiwan Singh recovered his dismembered body from a Muslim crowd and brought it back to his son, Guru Gobind Singh.
- the name Mazhabi ("faithful").guru ji gave him record of "Rangrete Guru Ke Bete"(The Rangretas are the Guru’s sons).
- Bhai Jiwan Singh was instructed by his father to behead him in order to swap the head of his father for that of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
- Bhai Jiwan Singh carries out his father’s wish and carried the head of Guru Tegh Bahadur from Delhi to Gobind Rai in Anandpur Sahib.Singh was with the Guru during the evacuation of Anandpur Sahib and laid down his life to aid his leader's safe escape.Bhai Jiwan Singh wrote about the exploits of Guru Gobind Singh in his magnum opus the Sri Gur Katha. After his death in 1705 a tomb was erected to honour him and it stands there to this day.
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