We read this everyday in our Ardas. But we seldom know what does this mean. "Bannd Bannd Katwaaye" means ‘to be cut joint by joint’.
Who was cut joint by joint?
Bhai Mani Singh ji.
Bhai Mani Singh ji used to do the seva at Sri Harmandir Sahib. Zakaria Khan, the Governor of Lahore, passed an order in 1735, to prohibit the sikhs from taking a bath at the sarovar at Sri Harmandir Sahib. The sarovar was also ordered to be filled with silt.
Some how a permission from Zakaria Khan was taken to allow sikhs to access Sri Harmandir Sahib for ten days on Bandi Chorr in the year 1737. This was done on the condition of to pay Tax of Five Thousand Rupees. But the Governor & Diwan Lakhpat Rai had planned to kill the sikhs during those ten days.
Bhai Mani Singh ji came to know of their plan & informed the sikhs not to come to Sri Harmandir Sahib and no fair was held. The Governor summoned Bhai Mani Singh ji and demanded the Tax money. But Bhai Mani Singh ji refused as no fair was held. Bhai Mani Singh ji was asked to embrace Islam. He refused. And an order was passed to kill him by cutting the joints one by one. Bhai Mani Singh could have embraced Islam and saved his life, but he was firm on his faith.
In the year 1738, he was martyred by cutting him joint by joint. Bannd Bannd Katwaaye.
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