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By Bhai Amrik Singh (Mehta)
Shaheed Ranbir Singh Ji was born on 17th December 1935 at the house of
Sardar Kala Singh in the village of Thraj in the district of Faridhkot.
Sardar Kala Singh was a farmer. During the Jaito Morcha he was sentenced
to fourteen years in jail, of which he served five. He was also a member
of Sardar Bhagat Singh's Naujwaan Sabha.
Bhai Ranbir Singh's wife, Sardari Rajwant Kaur, looks after and educates
their two children (Daljeet Singh aged thirteen and Parmjeet Kaur aged
eleven). He has one sister and three brothers who are employed in the
army or work in agriculture.
Bhai Ranbir Singh became an Amritdhari from the age of six. After
completing his basic education he joined the army. He knew the Panj
Banis and Sukhmani Sahib by heart and was a Nitnemi of the Panj Granthi
and also in charge of religious duties in the army. He received a
pension after serving twenty years in the army and came to stay with
Sant Kartar Singh Ji Khalsa, Jatha Bhindra Mehta. Sant Ji made him the
Jathedar of the Mehta Gurdwara. He would give his monthly pension and
sold his tractor trolley for Sewa.
Bhai Ranbir Singh was the Jathedar in charge of conducting protests
against false gurus in Komen, Mehta, Kadia and Amritsar. On the 13th
April he also obtained Shaheedi like his other brothers while protesting
in a peaceful manner. Two days before this incident, on the 11th April,
Bhai Ranbir Singh went to Goindwal Sahib and did eighty-four Paaths on
the steps of the Boali Sahib and did Ardas to Guru Sahib Ji that may his
body be used for the service of the Guru. According to Guru's Will his
Ardas was answered.
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