MUST READ- Hats off to the Sikh Gurus & the brave community of SARDARS..
Supposed to be History of "Barah Baj gaye"!: http://www.socialjournalist.org/home/articles/sardarji-its-12-o-clock---sard arji-barah-baj-gaye http://www.citehr.com/284890-sardarji-barah-baj-gaye.html -----Original Message----- From: cba...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cba...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SADHAN SARKAR Sent: 08 July 2011 12:22 To: cba...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [cbahyd] Born tough like a SARDAR.... Thanks. Very nice and informative. S.Sarkar =========== Prabir Paul wrote: > Shall appreciate if someone can authenticate this stated origin of > the phrase! > > */ Very Interesting & Very Informative /* > > > "It's easy to joke on a Sardar, but It's too difficult to be a Sardar" >> > I was standing at Jhalandhar station when my attention was drawn > towards a Sikh youth standing near me wearing a Black turban, sporting > a long beard and wearing a kirpan (sword) over his shirt. > > After a while, one local train arrived, totally packed. > > The Sikh youth tried to board the train but failed to do so. > Just then a voice was heard from the back coach 'Sardarji Barah Baj > gaye' (Sir it's 12 o'clock!). > > The Sikh youth looked over at the speaker (who was a young person) and > instead of showing any anger, smiled at him. > > The smile was so enigmatic that it seemed as if there was some hidden > truth behind it. Not able to hide my curiosity, I walked > towards him and asked why he smiled at the person who teased him. The > Sikh youth replied, 'He was not teasing me but was asking for my > Help'. I was surprised with these words and he told me that there was > history behind those words. > > I was eager to know what he was talking about and the Sikh youth > narrated the following (I did not reveal that I was a non-keshdhari > (Sikh): > > During 17th Century, when Hindustan was ruled by Moghals, all the > Hindu people were humiliated and were treated like animals. Moghals > treated the Hindu women as there own property and were forcing all > Hindus to accept Islam or face death. During this period our Ninth > Guru, Sri Guru Teg Bahadarji came forward, in response to a request of > some Kashmiri Pandits to fight against these cruel activities and save > them. So our Guruji went to the Moghal Emperor and told him that if > he succeeded in converting him to Islam, he would ensure that all the > Hindus would accept the same. But, if he failed, he should stop all > these atrocities. The Moghal emperor happily agreed to that but even > after lots of torture to Guruji and his four fellow members he failed > to convert him to Islam. Since the Moghals were unable to convert > them to Islam, the Moghul Emperor ordered for their assassination. > The Guruji along with his other four fellows sacrificed their lives in > Chandni Chowk. > > Thus our ninth Guruji sacrificed his life for the protection of the > Hindu religion. In history, can you show me any instance of anybody > laying down his life for the protection of another religion? > > This is the reason he is still remembered as "Hind Ki Chaddar" (Shield > of India). The people for whose sake he had sacrificed his life did > not have the guts to come forward to lift his body, fearing that they > too would be assassinated. Seeing this incident our 10th Guruji, Sri > Guru Gobind Singhji (Son of Guru Teg Bahadarji) founder of Khalsa (the > Pure) made a resolution that he would convert his followers to such > human beings who would not be able to hide themselves and could be > easily identified. > > At the start, the Sikhs were very few in numbers as they were fighting > against the Moghal Army. At that time, Nadir Shah raided Delhi in the > year 1739 and looted Hindustan and was carrying lot of Hindustan > treasures and nearly 2200 Hindu women along with him. > > The news spread like a fire and was heard by a Sardar Jassa Singh who > was the Commander of the Sikh army at that time. He decided to attack > Nadir Shah's Kafila on the same midnight. He did so and rescued all > the Hindu women and they were safely sent to their homes. > > It didn't happen only once but thereafter whenever any Abdaalis or > Iranis attacked, looted Hindustan and tried to carry the treasures and > Hindu women along with them for selling them in Abdal markets, the > Sikh army (although fewer in numbers) attacked them at midnight, 12 > O'clock and rescued all the women. > > After that time, whenever there was a need, people started to contact > the Sikh Army for their help and the Sikhs used to attack the raiders > at Midnight, 12 O'clock. > > Nowadays, these "smart people" have spread these words that at 12 > O'clock, the Sikhs go out of their senses. This historic fact was the > reason which made me smile over that person as little did he realize > that he was asking for my help saying 'Sardarji > Barah Baj Gaye' and it meant that his Mother, Sister, Wife or Daughter > was in trouble! > > Plz do forward this mail to all ur friends so they can know about Sikh > history (of course, if you feel it worth sharing with others). > > *"Its easy to joke on a Sardar, but It's too difficult to be a > Sardar"...* > > > > > > > > -- > Prabir Ranjan Paul > Corn R & D Lead > Dow AgroSciences India Pvt. Ltd. > Hyderabad - 500050. > +91-9000866138. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cbahyd/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cbahyd/join (Yahoo! 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