Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur was the leader of the hill Rajas, but he did not possess the forsight to realise the difference between friend and foe. He again made war preperations and advanced on Guru Sahib Ji at Loh Garh fort. His plan was to break open the front gate with the help of an intoxicated elephant and let his forces in to the fort in large numbers.

Guru Sahib Ji came to know of this plan and asked Duni Chand, a hefty well built man, to get ready to face the elephant. But this massand got cold feet and died in his attempt to escape from the fort. In his place Bhai Bachittar Singh was deputed to make a frontal attack on the elephant. Instead of waiting for the elephant to attac,k the gates were opened and Bhai Bachittar Singh rode out on horseback with a nagni spear. He was followed by Bhai Udai Singh and several Sikhs on horseback. Bhai Bachittar Singh confronted the elephant and inspite of a metal plate tied to its forehead was able to pierce it successfully with his nagni. The wounded elephant shrieked and ran back into the enemy forces causing havoc. In the meantime Bhai Udai Singh had killed one of the hill rajas, Raja Kesri Chand. The battle ensued with heavy losses on both sides but with the death of Kesri Chand and the much prided elephant, Raja Bhim Chand withdrew his forces from the battlefield and fled.

 
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