After escaping the Anandpur fort which had been surrounded by the Mughal Army, Mata Ji and the Sahibzade walked barefoot through the jungles, crossing the flooded River Sirsa in stormy winter weather.

Upon being captured by the Mughals and taken to the City of Sirhind, they were made to stay hungry for days upon days, whilst being kept locked up in a frozen cold tower.

Refusing to comply to Mughal subjugation, the Sahibzade were beaten with horsewhips when they proclaimed, ‘Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh’, ‘We belong to the Almighty and all victory belongs to the Almighty’.

Tied to a tree, the Sahibzade were pelted with stones from sling shots, with a stone hitting seven year old Baba Fateh Singh Ji directly on his right eye.

After being pelted with stones, the Sahibzade were asked to renounce their faith, freedoms and rights. But they responded with a defiant no, as nine year old Baba Zorawar Singh Ji placed his arm around his younger brother, wiping his bloodied right eye.

With the Mughal Authorities now giving up hope on their attempts to subjugate the young children, the Sahibzade were summoned to be bricked alive. Having their knee caps chipped off, so that the wall which they were being suffocated in would stand straight and symmetrical.

Whilst the wall was being raised, it collapsed three times, as the towns folk began saying that the power of the Almighty doesn’t let the wall stand. Causing the Mughals to instead slit the throats of the Sahibzade. After which, the Sahibzade’s bodies were still shaking for 13 minutes as they slowly bled to death.

As the Sahibzade passed on, their 81 year old elderly grandmother too passed on in the frozen cold tower which she was being kept in, uttering her last words of, ‘the Khalsa shall break every brick in the City of Sirhind.’ Further strengthening the resolve of the people of the land, to boldly stand against those who threaten our peace, our freedoms and our human rights.