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The supreme sacrifice of an ancestor from village Badkhalsa, Bhai Kushal would always be remembered. Bhai Kushal Singh offered his head to fool the Mughals so that the head of the Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji could be taken to Anandpur Sahib.
Badkhalsa's pride
The small village of Badkhalsa has its name inscribed in the Sikh history in golden letters. The supreme sacrifice of an ancestor from here, Bhai Kushal, a follower of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bhadur, is something that this village will always be proud of. Bhai Kushal Singh of this village offered his head to fool the Mughals, who wanted to retrieve the head of the guru being taken to Anandpur Sahib by one of followers.
Each year, Badkhalsa, which was then known as Garhi, holds an annual memorial to remember Bhai Kushal, their ancestor, who ordered his son Bahadur to behead him. For he resembled Guru Teg Bahadur, he offered himself to be beheaded to befool the Mughal forces, so that the head of the guru could be taken to Anandpur Sahib for cremation. Villagers often organise religious functions and ‘nagar kirtans’ in the memory of the guru and Bhai Kushal.
Ram Chander Dahiya and Rajesh Dahiya, Badkhalsa residents, told The Tribune that after the selfless sacrifice of Bhai Kushal, Garhi was renamed Kushal Garhi and then it was named Badkhalsa. “There is no record of the direct lineage of Bhai Kushal, therefore the entire village considers itself a direct descendant of the martyr,” they said.
The Haryana Government has constructed a memorial in the name of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur in an area of around two acres on the GT Road.
History[edit]
Banda Singh Bahadur Memorial in Khanda
In 1709, Banda Singh Bahadur came here and raised his army and set up his first army headquarters with 500 sikhs to loot Mughal treasury and to free Punjab from tyranny of Mughals after getting blessings of Guru Gobind Singh. He defeated Mughals in the Battle of Sonepat and conquered it. Thereafter, he would go on to kill Mughal Governor (equivalent to chief minister) of Punjab, the richest and most powerful province of the Mughal Empire, inflicting biggest defeats to the Mughals, 17th century World super power, in their history.[3] Many history books says that Khanda was named after Mahabharata times Khandava Forest.
Badkhalsa's pride
The small village of Badkhalsa has its name inscribed in the Sikh history in golden letters. The supreme sacrifice of an ancestor from here, Bhai Kushal, a follower of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bhadur, is something that this village will always be proud of. Bhai Kushal Singh of this village offered his head to fool the Mughals, who wanted to retrieve the head of the guru being taken to Anandpur Sahib by one of followers.
Each year, Badkhalsa, which was then known as Garhi, holds an annual memorial to remember Bhai Kushal, their ancestor, who ordered his son Bahadur to behead him. For he resembled Guru Teg Bahadur, he offered himself to be beheaded to befool the Mughal forces, so that the head of the guru could be taken to Anandpur Sahib for cremation. Villagers often organise religious functions and ‘nagar kirtans’ in the memory of the guru and Bhai Kushal.
Ram Chander Dahiya and Rajesh Dahiya, Badkhalsa residents, told The Tribune that after the selfless sacrifice of Bhai Kushal, Garhi was renamed Kushal Garhi and then it was named Badkhalsa. “There is no record of the direct lineage of Bhai Kushal, therefore the entire village considers itself a direct descendant of the martyr,” they said.
The Haryana Government has constructed a memorial in the name of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur in an area of around two acres on the GT Road.
History[edit]
Banda Singh Bahadur Memorial in Khanda
In 1709, Banda Singh Bahadur came here and raised his army and set up his first army headquarters with 500 sikhs to loot Mughal treasury and to free Punjab from tyranny of Mughals after getting blessings of Guru Gobind Singh. He defeated Mughals in the Battle of Sonepat and conquered it. Thereafter, he would go on to kill Mughal Governor (equivalent to chief minister) of Punjab, the richest and most powerful province of the Mughal Empire, inflicting biggest defeats to the Mughals, 17th century World super power, in their history.[3] Many history books says that Khanda was named after Mahabharata times Khandava Forest.