To know more about ‘Bhai Maharaj Singh Ji‘, we have to research further.
‘Sewa Singh’ was a chief in the army of ‘Shere Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh’, who was martyred during the battle of ‘Jamrud’. After that his son Bir Singh joined the Khalsa army. He fought many wars. He became a Saint from a Soldier and nowadays he known as ‘Baba Bir Singh Naurangabadi’. After the martyrdom of ‘Baba Bir Singh Naurangabadi’, a saint living in his dera became a soldier. And, the name of that saint was ‘Bhai Maharaj Singh’. Saint and soldier, religion and politics, ‘Miri’ and ‘Peeri’ cannot be separated from Sikhism.
Through this post we are sharing the information of ‘Bhai Maharaj Singh Ji’. Bhai Maharaj Singh spent his last days in a Singapore Jail. And, Gurdwara Sahib was also built there in his memory. The secret messages in his writings that he sent to the Sikhs of Punjab. Those writings are unable to read by any scholar in the world. Those writings and some of their belongings are still in a museum in London. Although his writings are in ‘Gurmukhi’ language but scholars have not been able to understand their meaning till date.
An incident is from his life that, when ‘Diwan Mool Singh’ revolted against the Britishers, Maharaj Singh went there and firstly met the soldiers and asked, “Are you happy?” The soldiers said, “No matter we are happy or not or what we fight, we don’t get enough food.”
After that he saw the armory of that place but the soldier were not capable to fight the war against Britishers with the weapons they have. Maharaj Singh said Mool Raj, ‘ਮੂਲ ਰਾਜ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਰਾਜਾ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਿਪਾਹੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੁਸ਼ ਨਾ ਰੱਖ ਸਕੇ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਮੈਦਾਨੇ ਜੰਗ ਵਿਚ ਲੜ੍ਹ ਸਕੇ, ਤੇ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਰਾਜਾ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਿਪਾਹੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਦੇ ਹਥਿਆਰ ਨਾ ਦੇ ਸਕੇ ਉਹ ਕਦੀ ਜੰਗ ਜਿੱਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ, ਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਇਹ ਹਾਰੀ ਹੋਈ ਜੰਗ ਨੂੰ ਲੜਨਾ ਨੀ ਚਾਉਂਦਾ, ਮੈਂ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ’. It means ‘Mool Raj’, who could not keep his soldiers happy so they could fight in the battlefield, and the king who could not give his soldiers the same weapons as the enemy, can never win the war. And, I do not want to fight this lost war, I’m going back.
