Veer Bal Divas: The Children Who Defied an Empire
Dr. Jai G. Bansal · 12/31/2025 - Veer Bal Divas commemorates the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh ji’s two younger sons, whose execution followed a calculated campaign of siege, deception, betrayal, and forced evacuation leading to their capture and execution.
- Mughal authority pursued religious submission as its central objective, employing coercion, collective punishment, and exemplary brutality.
- Children were treated as ideological threats rather than protected innocents, revealing the absence of moral restraint in enforcing conversion.
- Compassion itself was criminalized, demonstrated by the execution of Moti Ram Mehra and his family for aiding imprisoned children.
- The episode exposes enduring structural patterns of Islamic governance, whose core logic persists in adapted forms to the present day.
Dr. Jai G. Bansal
Dr. Jai Bansal is a retired scientist, currently serving as the VP Education for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad America (VHPA)
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