The last week of 21-27 December,every year, is to observe the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s four sons(Chaar Sahibzade), Khalsa Warrior Princes, Baba Ajit Singh Ji, Baba Jujhar Singh Ji, Baba Fateh Singh Ji and Baba Zorawar Singh Ji. 

The month mid-December marks the martyrdom of Chaar Sahibzade and their grandmother Mata Gujri ji. In order to save common people from the tyranny of Aurangzeb(Mughal Ruler), Guru Gobind Singh sacrificed almost all of his family members; ultimately himself too.

It was in this month that the combined forces of the Mughals and the small hill principalities used treacherous deceit to draw out Guru Gobind Singh, his family and followers from the Anandpur Sahib fortress and then sought their destruction. These forces, under Wazir Khan, promised the Guru a safe passage from Anandpur Sahib but attacked them with overwhelming numbers when they came out.

In what is known as ‘Sakka Chamkaur Sahib’, Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s two elder sons Baba Ajit Singh at age 0f 18 and Baba Jujhar Singh at the age of 14 attained martyrdom.

while in ‘Saka Sirhind’, younger sons Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh were martyred by bricking them alive in a wall in after they refused to convert to Islam martyrdom on 26, December, 1705,

Both Zorawar Singh aged nine and Fateh Singh aged seven were pressurised by the Mughals to embrace Islam to save their lives. Undeterred by these warnings, they accepted death with dignity and were bricked alive. Upon receiving the news of the merciless killings of her grandsons, Mata Gujri also died in the prison.

                   In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji created the Khalsa, an elite warrior band of initiated devout orthodox Sikhs to protect the innocent from religious persecution