16 Facts About Mai Bhago

Mai Bhago known as Mata Bhag Kaur, was a Sikh woman who led Sikh soldiers against the Mughals in 1705.

Mai Bhago was an exceptionally skilled warrior on the battlefield and is revered as a warrior saint in Sikhism.

Mai Bhago was known for rallying the 40 Sikhs who abandoned Guru Gobind Singh at the siege of Anandpur Sahib and bringing them back to fight.

Mai Bhago was born into Jat Family, her family's ancestral village of Chabhal Kalan, in a sikh family at Jhabal Kalan, in the present-day Tarn Taran district of the Punjab.

Mai Bhago was a staunch Sikh by birth and had her upbringing in a devout Sikh family.

Mai Bhago had two brothers Dilbagh Singh and Bhag Singh.

Mai Bhago was distressed to hear that some of the Sikhs of her neighbourhood, who had gone to Anandpur to fight for Guru Gobind Singh, had deserted him under adverse conditions.

Mai Bhago criticised them openly; hearing her taunts, these Sikhs were ashamed of their betrayal.

Mai Bhago rallied the deserters, and persuaded them to meet with the Guru and apologize to him.

Mai Bhago set off with them to seek out the Guru, who were traveling across the Malwa.

Mai Bhago's children had already been separated in the retreat by the betraying Mughal army and the Hill Chiefs.

Mai Bhago led stopped near the dhab, or pool, of Khidrana, the only source of water in the area which was overtaken by the Mughal imperial army pursuing the Guru.

Some sources say Mai Bhago's children were martyred there too.

Mai Bhago took into his care Mai Bhago, who had suffered serious injury in the battle.

Mai Bhago stayed with Guru Gobind Singh at Talwandi Sabo.

The weapons of Mai Bhago are kept in the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara complex at Abchalnagar Nanded, India.