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The Namdhari Sikhs believe that Guru Gobind Singh did not die at Nanded, but made a secret exit from the funeral pyre and eventually settled in Nabha, where he stayed for 103 years under the guise of Baba Ajaypal Singh. During this period he met Baba (Guru) Balak Singh at Hazro Sahib and conferred the 'Gurgaddi' on him. Until he finally departed this life in S. 1869 [1812 AC.] he continued, as previously, to assist his Sikhs in whatever trials they might encounter.
The first indication which the histories offer of his activities after leaving Nander concerns the two Raj put chieftains Rustam Rao and Bala Rao. Heeding their prayers for assistance the Guru carried them safely out of the Satara fort, each clinging to one of his stirrups. He then took them back to their own area. ...
To substantiate , the following historical evidences are present in below:-
THE NAMDHARI SIKHS.... The orthodox belief that the line of personal Gurus ended with the death of Guru Gobind Singh is denied by the Namdharis. They insist that the tenth Guru lived for many years after 1708, eventually bestowing the succession on Balak Singh of Hazro.... They attach equal importance to the Adi Granth and Dasam Granth, and they include the Dasam Granth composition Chandi di Var in their daily nit-nem.
The history and doctrines of the Namdhari Sikhs. The historical evidence enables us to affirm categorically that in Nander Guru Gobind Singh repeated in a more dramatic way the stratagem, which he had earlier used when escaping from Chamkaur. It is clear from the evidence that the Guru did not die in Nander (2.2.8[16]) but that he was able by means of a ruse, to escape under cover of darkness. ...
He further writes; "There is no reliable historical work which suggests a) that the Guru died in the presence of the Sikhs; (b) that the Sikhs actually performed the cremation by setting light to the pyre. What history tells us is that the Guru, still alive, sat on the pyre and then ordered the Sikhs to leave the enclosure, which had been constructed by placing a screen around the pyre. Indeed, he went even further than this. He sternly commanded them to stand with their backs to the enclosure and then insisting that his Sikhs, having left it, should stand with their backs to it?"
"The Office of the Guru, however, was not filled up; first because the Sikhs long expected the return of Govind Singh, of whose death they never received any certain information; and also, when after so long a time had elapsed since his escape, that the fact of his death could no longer be doubted, the whole frame of their society, if I may so express it, had undergone, a change. Govind Singh had remained, therefore, up to this time, the last acknowledged spiritual head of the Sikhs."
"Contrary to the general belief that Guru Gobind Singh's worldly life came to an end with his disappearance from Nander, there is ample evidence of considerable historical veracity to show that the great Guru travelled from the South back to Punjab and lived for another 100 years an active life in keeping with his genius and vow of service of the country and its people."
If the Granth 'Guru' was an established fact, the above decree by the 'Singh Sabha' in "1919" (nearly two hundred years after Guru Gobind Singh) would not have been necessary.
These are but a few facts that prove that the Guru did not die at Nanded - nor did He give the 'gurgaddi' to the Adi Granth. Further no Adi Granth Sahib had the prefix "Guru" scribed on it until the 1860's. i.e. only during the Singh Sabha time did this prefix 'Guru' was added to the Granth Sahib - as all manuscripts available before the Singh Sabha time have Adi Granth or Pothi Sahib etc., scribed on them. Also a copy of old GUTKAs which has the Sikh Ardas finishing at Guru Gobind Singh and not once the Guru Granth Sahib has been mentioned. Had the Adi Granth been the 'Guru' - then, until 1897 this would have been a confirmed belief and the Sikh Ardas would not have been such.
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After his presumed death-Guru Gobind Singh rescues Bala Rai and Rustam Rai from the Sitara Fort in Poona.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji meeting a Sadhu after his presumed death, and asking him to assure the Sikhs that he was well and they should not grieve him.