Bhai Kirat being tired of Mughal oppression, joined the sixth guru, Guru Hargobind to fight against the Mughal empire. He contributed and fought valiantly in Battle of Amritsar and killed Lahore’s Subedar Murtza Khan but because of heavy injury and blood loss, he attained martyrdom on the battlefield.[6]
References
^Page cxx, The Ādi-Granth, Or: The Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs, Ernst Trumpp, W.H. Allen, 1877
^Page 36, The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries), H. S. Singha, Hemkunt Press, 2000
^Page 8, The Sikh Review, Volume 55, Issues 1-6, Sikh Cultural Centre, 2007