Baba Bidhi Chand Chhina Ji | |
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ਬਿਧੀ ਚੰਦ | |
 Fresco of Guru Hargobind and Bidhi Chand Chhina from the pre-1984 Akal Takht. It depicts the story of the two horses Dilbagh and Gulbagh being returned to the guru, circa 19th century | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Bidhi Chand
Chhina 26 April 1579 |
| Died | 30 August 1638 (aged 59) Deonagar (or Devnagar), near Ayodhya, Mughal Empire |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Children | Lal Chand (son) |
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| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Early Mughal-Sikh Wars
Fighting the following battles:
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| Commander |  Akal Sena |
Bidhi Chand Chhina[1] (Gurmukhi: ਬਿਧੀ ਚੰਦ; 26 April 1579 – 30 August 1638 or 1640[1][note 1]) was a Sikh religious preacher and military commander, from Chhina Bidhi Chand village, 37 kilometers south of Amritsar and Chhina Bidhi Chand was part of Amritsar District not Lahore. His birth place temple is situated in his own village Chhina Bidhi Chand, which was built by the residents with the help of Baba Daya Singh. Baba Daya Singh laid foundation with his own hands. Every year on his (Baba Bidhi Chand) birthday Baba Daya Singh, and now Baba Avtar Singh, would go to village Chhina Bidhi Chand and celebrate it there to date. He was a disciple of Guru Arjan and served Guru Hargobind for most of his life.[2]
- ^ a b Fenech, Louis E. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. W. H. McLeod (3rd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1. OCLC 881607325.
- ^ Siṅgh, Bhagat (2002). "BIDHĪ CHAND, BHĀĪ (d. 1640)". In Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Vol. I (4th ed.). Punjabi University. pp. 367–368. ISBN 978-81-7380-100-6. OCLC 808441524.
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