ਚਾਲੀ ਮੁਕਤੇ

Literal Meaning:

CHALI MUKTE, literally forty (ਚਾਲੀ) liberated ones (ਮੁਕਤੇ), is a term used to refer to the 40 Sikhs who laid down their lives for the Panth. There are 2 separate groups or bands of soldiers to whom this term is used to refer.

The Liberated Ones

o Muktas Of Muktsar

o Muktas Of Chamkaur

Introduction:

Muktas Of Muktsar (ਚਾਲੀ ਮੁਕਤੇ)

It refers to the band of 40 brave Sikhs who laid down their lives fighting near the dhab or lake of Khidrana, also called Isharsar, on 29 December 1705 against a Mughal force in chase of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji who are remembered in Sikh history and daily in the Sikh Ardaas (supplicatory prayer offered individually or at gatherings at the end of all religious services.)

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, who had watched the battle from a nearby mound praised the martyrs' valour and blessed them as the Chali Mukte, the "Forty Immortals" or "Forty Beloved". After them Khidrana became Muktsar, the "Pool of Liberation".

History:

The forty muktas universally celebrated in the Sikh tradition are the forty martyrs of Muktsar who earned this title by sacrificing their lives for the Guru and who redeemed their past apostasy, of having disowned Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and deserted him driven to desperation by the prolonged siege of Anandpur by the hill chiefs and Mughal forces, by having their disclaimer torn by the Guru as the last of them laid in the Guru's lap dying.

The names of the forty Mukte are listed below:

· (1). Bhai Bhag Singh

· (2). Bhai Dilbag Singh

· (3). Bhai Mann Singh

· (4). Bhai Nidhan Singh

· (5). Bhai Kharbara Singh

· (6). Bhai Darbara Singh

· (7). Bhai Dyal Singh

· (8). Bhai Nihal Singh

· (9). Bhai Khushal Singh

· (10). Bhai Ganda Singh

· (11). Bhai Ishmer Singh

· (12). Bhai Singha

· (13). Bhai Bhalla Singh

· (14). Bhai Suhel Singh

· (15). Bhai Chamba Singh

· (16). Bhai Ganga Singh

· (17). Bhai Sumer Singh

· (18). Bhai Sultan Singh

· (19). Bhai Maya Singh

· (20). Bhai Massa Singh

· (21). Bhai Sarja Singh

· (22). Bhai Sadhu Singh

· (23). Bhai Gulab Singh

· (24). Bhai Harsa Singh

· (25). Bhai Sangat Singh

· (26). Bhai Hari Singh

· (27). Bhai Dhana Singh

· (28). Bhai Karam Singh

· (29). Bhai Kirt Singh

· (30). Bhai Lachman Singh

· (31). Bhai Buddha Singh

· (32). Bhai Kesho Singh

· (33). Bhai Jado Singh

· (34). Bhai Sobha Singh

· (35). Bhai Bhanga Singh

· (36). Bhai Joga Singh

· (37). Bhai Dharam Singh

· (38). Bhai Karam Singh

· (39). Bhai Kala Singh

· (40). Bhai Mahan Singh