Shaheedan Misl

 ( Sikh Confederacy ) 

The Shaheedan Misl, also known as the Shahid Misl,

was one of twelve Sikh Confederacy that later became the Sikh Empire. It held a small amount of territory in the Malwa region of Punjab, around the Damdama Sahib,

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before being incorporated into the Sukerchakia Misl of the Sikh Empire by Ranjit Singh.

Deep Singh (later Baba Deep Singh), son of Bhagta, of village Pahuwind (now district Amritsar) was the founder of this Misl. Earlier this Misl was known as Deep Singh’s Misl but after the martyrdom of Deep Singh in 1757 and another Sikhs general Gurbakhsh Singh (of Leel village) in 1764, this Misl came to be known as Shaheedan Misl.

The Shaheedan Misl was more akin to a religious-order rather than resembling a large, family clan like most of the other misls of the Sikh Confederacy.

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Origins and history In 1748, Baba Deep Singh was appointed the leader of the Shaheedan Misl and the Mahant of the Takht Sri Damdama Sahib. In 1757, Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India and sent an army to the Harmindar Sahib to block Sikhs from entering the Gurdwara. Baba Deep Singh and a company of men who rode with him to free the gurdwara were killed in the Battle of Amritsar (1757)

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against the Durrani Army. His successor, Suddha Singh, later led the misl into a skirmish against the Durrani Empire government of Jalandhar City. The first two leaders of the misl were considered Shahid, or martyrs, by their contemporaries so the misl became known as, Shaheedan Misl, or the misl of the martyrs. The misl was annexed by the Sikh Empire at some point in the early 19th century and became a part of the Sikh Empire. The Nihang order of Sikhs maintains the traditions of this misl.

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Jathedars Of Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal

• Jathedar Baba Deep Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Gurbaksh Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Sudha Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Karam Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Natha Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Ram Singh Bedi Ji
• Jathedar Baba Jassa Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Nand Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Ram Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Gurmukh Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Sadhu Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Bishan Singh Ji
• Jathedar Baba Kirtan Singh Ji (1994-2001)
• Jathedar Baba Makhan Singh Ji (2001-2016)
• Jathedar Baba Gajjan Singh Ji (2016-2023)
• Jathedar Baba Joga Singh Ji (2023-present)

== Gallery ==

'' Baba Deep Singh from Gurdwara Baba Atal, Amritsar]]

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