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Martyr Baba Mehra was grinded by Aurangzeb’s fortress Wazir Khan along with his family in Kolhu…

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Sanjeev Somvanshi, January 2, 2022 

3 जनवरी 1705 शहीद बाबा मोतीराम मेहरा को औरंगजेब के किलेदार वजीर खान ने परिवार सहित कोल्हू में पीसा था…

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बाबा मोतीराम मेहरा, जिनका वर्णन हर सिक्ख ग्रंथ में है। इन्हे सरहिन्द के किलेदार वजीर खान ने परिवार सहित जिन्दा कोल्हू में पिरवा दिया था।

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इनकी वीरता और बलिदान का उल्लेख बंदा बैरागी ने किया था, इनकी स्मृति में एक गुरुद्वारा फतेहगढ़ में बना है। बाबा मोतीराम मेहरा के चाचा हिम्मत राय गुरु गोविन्द सिंह जी के पंच प्यारों में से एक थे सिक्ख बनकर उनका नाम हिम्मत सिंह हुआ था।

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इनके पूर्वज जगन्नाथ पुरी उड़ीसा के रहने वाले थे। बाद में वो पंजाब आये और सरहिन्द में नौकरी कर ली। बाबा मोतीराम जी के पिता हरिराम कैदखाने की रसोई घर के इंचार्ज थे।

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दिसम्बर 1704 के अंतिम सप्ताह गुरु गोविन्द सिंह के चारों साहबजादे शहीद हुये थे। वह 27 दिसंबर 1704 की तिथि थी जब दो दिन की यातनाएं देकर गुरुजी को दो छोटे साहबजादों को जिन्दा दीवार में चुनवाया गया था और गुरुजी माता गूजरी को अमानवीय यातनायें दी गयीं, वे भी शहीद हुईं।

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बाबा मोतीराम का अपराध यह था कि दिसम्बर की बेहद कपकपा देने वाली रात में दो दिन के भूखे साहबजादों और दादी को बाबा मोतीराम मेहरा ने किसी तरह दूध पहुँचा दिया था।

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साहबजादों और माता गूजरी की शहादत के दो दिन बाद सरहिन्द के किलेदार वजीर खान को यह पता चला कि मोतीराम ने रात में साहबजादों को दूध पहुँचाया था। किलेदार के हुकुम से फौज पूरे परिवार को उठा लाई। माता, पत्नी, 6 वर्ष की बेटी और मोतीराम को, जबकि पिता और दर्जनों लोगों को वहीं मार डाला गया।

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वजीर खान ने पूछा तो बाबा मोतीराम ने अपना अपराध न केवल स्वीकार किया अपितु गर्व भी व्यक्त किया। इससे क्रुद्ध होकर वजीर खान ने इस पूरे परिवार को जिन्दा कोल्हू में पीसने का हुक्म दिया। वह तीन जनवरी 1705 की तथि थी जब इस परिवार को जिन्दा कोल्हू में पीसा गया।

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हालाँकि इस घटना की तिथियों को लेकर अलग–अलग विद्वानों की राय में मामूली अंतर आता है। कुछ विद्वानों का मानना है कि बाबा मोतीराम मेहरा और उनके परिवार को 30 दिसम्बर 1704 को पकड़ा गया और एक जनवरी 1705 को कोल्हू में पीसा गया। जबकि कुछ का मानना है कि 30 दिसंबर को वजीर खान को खबर लगी, 31 दिसम्बर को परिवार सहित पकड़ कर लाया गया, 1 जनवरी को पेशी हुई और तीन जनवरी 1705 को कोल्हू में परिवार सहित पीसा गया।

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शत शत नमन है उनकी और उनके परिवार की शहादत को…

3 January 1705 martyr Baba Motiram Mehra was grinded by Aurangzeb’s fortress Wazir Khan along with his family in Kolhu…

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Baba Motiram Mehra, whose description is in every Sikh book. He was beaten by Sirhind’s fort Wazir Khan along with his family in alive Kolhu.

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His bravery and sacrifice were mentioned by Banda Bairagi, in his memory a Gurudwara is built in Fatehgarh. Baba Motiram Mehra’s uncle Himmat Rai Guru Govind Singh ji was one of the five loved ones. His name was Himmat Singh as a Sikh.

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His ancestors Jagannath were a resident of Puri Orissa. Later he came to Punjab and got a job in Sirhind. Baba Motiram ji’s father Hariram was in-charge of the kitchen of prison.

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Four sons of Guru Govind Singh were martyred in the last week of December 1704 It was 27 December 1704 when two small Sahabzad were elected into a living wall after giving two days of torture to Guruji and Guruji Mata Gujri was tortured inhumanly, she also martyred.

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Baba Motiram’s crime was that in the night of December, Baba Motirama Mehra had somehow delivered milk to two days old hungry brothers and grandmothers.

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Two days after the martyrdom of Sahabzads and Mata Gujri, Sirhind’s fort Wazir Khan came to know that Motiram had delivered milk to Sahabzads at night. The army picked up the whole family by the order of the Kiledar. Mother, wife, 6-year-old daughter and Motiram, while father and dozens of people were killed there.

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When Wazir Khan asked, Baba Motiram not only accepted his crime but also expressed his pride. Getting angry with this, Wazir Khan ordered this whole family to grind in alive Kolhu. It dated January 3, 1705, when this family was grinded in Kolhu alive.

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However, there is a minor difference in the opinion of different scholars regarding the dates of this incident. Some scholars believe that Baba Motiram Mehra and his family were arrested on 30 December 1704 and a January 1705 were crushed in Kolhu. While some believe Wazir Khan got the news on December 30, was arrested with family on December 31, presented on January 1 and grinded on January 3, 1705, with family in Kolhu.

Salute to the martyrdom of him and his family…