KESAR SINGH, BHAI (1875-1921), one of the Nankana Sahib martyrs, was the son of Bhai Mihari Singh and Mai Bhagan, farmers of moderate means of Bharokt village in Gujrariwala district, who later migrated to Sheikhupura district. He was a simple peasant with a large family of three sons and six daughters to support. Bhai Kesar Singh had Namdhari leanings until, under the influence of the Gurdwara Reform movement, he turned an Akali. He accompanied Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali`s Jathd which perished at the hands of the hired assassins of Mahant Narain Das, the custodian of Gurdwara Janam Asthan. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee settled upon the family an annual pension of Rs 180. See NANKANA SAHIB MASSACRE
References :
1. Shainsher, Gurbakhsh Singh, Shnhidi Jivan. Nankana Sahib, 1938
