Baba Deep Singh was born on January 26, 1682 to Bhai Bhagata Singh and Mai Jeoni Ji in Pahuvind village, Punjab. His family was very hardworking Sikh family. As Baba deep Singh was his first child the y named him as the Deepa which means Light. He was the only child so he got the lavish and devotion from his family.
When he was twelve years old he went to Anadpur sahib to meet the tenth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Govind Singh Ji with his family. At Anadpur sahib they stayed for few days and did sewas. When his parentes were ready to leave Guru asked Baba Deep Singh ji to stay at Anandpur Sahib.
He readily accepted to stay to serve the Sikh community by doing sewa. He did his studies there and he learned the Gurmukhi by Bhai Mani Singh Ji. He immensely studies Sikh philosophy Guru Granth Sahib.
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At the age of 18 he took Amrit by Panj Pyare in Anandpur sahib where he took oath to serve to the Waheguru’s warrior Akal Purakh Dee Fauj. W ith his new name, Deep Singh also learned that Sikhs are to always help the weak and needy, and to fight for truth and justice after receiving the vows of the Khalsa. He stayed on in Anandpur to continue his studies of the sacred texts under Bhai Mani Singh Ji. He soon became one of the Guru's most beloved Sikhs staying in Anandpur for a total of about eight years.
Baba Deep Singh Ji had been summoned to Damdama Sahib to work with Bhai Mani Singh Ji preparing the final text of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh Ji recited the entire Granth Sahib to them while they wrote out the text. After its completion Baba Deep Singh Ji continued, for several years, to hand write four additional copies of the Holy Scriptures. These four copies were dispersed, a copy each to Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Sri Takhat Patna Sahib, Sri Takhat Hazur Sahib and Sri Takhat Kesgarh Sahib. Later the learned scholar inscribed another copy of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the Abjad (Arabic) script. It was sent to the Middle East.
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In 1706, before Guru Gobind Singh Ji traveled to the Deccan with Bahadur Shah, Guru Ji placed Baba Deep Singh in charge of Damdama Sahib. He sent Bhai Mani Singh Ji to head the Sangat at Harimander Sahib in Amritsar. Baba Deep Singh Ji spent many years at Damdama Sahib preaching Sikh values and teachings and doing service for the community. He was always ready to serve those in need and to fight for justice. Baba Ji also continued to write Gutkas Sahib (books of hymns) distributing them to the Sikh community.
In about 1709, Baba Deep Singh Ji joined Banda Singh Bahadur , the Jathedar appointed by the Guru Gobind Singh before leaving for heavenly abode to fight for the freedom of Punjab. They fought together in the battle at Sirhind—the city in which Guru Gobind Singh Ji's younger sons had been killed. Although the Muslim army outnumbered the Sikhs significantly, the Sikh army was able to easily defeat the Muslim forces. During the battle, Wazir Khan was killed closing the chapter of tyranny of this Mughal leader.
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In 1732, he went to the rescue of Sardar Ala Singh who had been besieged in Barnala by Manjh and Bhatti Rajputs in collaboration with the faujdar of Jalandhar and the nawab of Malerkotla. In 1733, when the Mughal governor of Lahore sought peace with the Sikhs offering them a nawabship and a jagir, Baba Deep Singh and his jatha joined Nawab Kapur Singh at Amritsar to form a joint Sikh force, the Dal Khalsa, which was soon divided for administrative convenience into the Buddha Dal and the Taruna Dal, the latter being further split into five jathas. Deep Singh, now reverently called Baba, was given the command of one of these jathas which in 1748 were redesignated misls. It came to be known as Shahid misl.
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As the leader of the Shaheedi misl, he achieved numerous victories for the Sikhs. The Shahid misl had its sphere of influence south of the River Sutlej and Baba Deep Singh's headquarters remained at Talvandi Sabo. The tower in which he lived still stands next to the Takht Sri Damdama Sahib and is known as Burj Baba Deep Singh Shahid.
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