BEDI

'Bedi' (Hindi: बेदी) is a well known Khatri clan in India. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, was born into this clan. His son, Sri Chand was the founder of the Udasi order, which is the oldest of the existing Sikh orders.

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Etymology

History

References

Etymology

The ancestors of Guru Nanak Dev came to be called as ''Bedi'' (''Vedi''), because they had studied the Vedas, the ancient Hindu texts, according to the Bichitra Natak, the autobiography of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.

History

Sri Chand was a celibate yogi, but his younger brother, Lakshmi Chand (or Lakshmi Das), was married to the daughter of Diwan Uttam Chand. It is said that all the Bedis today are descendants of Manak Chand and Mehr Chand, the two sons of Lakshmi Chand. Traditionally the Bedis were specially repected by the Sikhs. Baba Kaladhari, a Bedi, was honoured and given special gifts by Guru Gobind Singh. Baba Kaladhari had inherited a cap ("seli topi") originally worn by Guru Nanak Dev. This cap has been preserved at Una in present-day Himachal Pradesh. Sahib Singh Bedi was asked to preside over the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Baba Khem Singh Bedi along with Thakur Singh Sanduwallia founded the Sanatan Singh Sabha. The current head of the family is Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi and he is based in Una, Himachal Pradesh.
This is the family tree that is sourced from the book mentioned below. Feel free to add to it but do not delete it.
Genealogy of Bedi Chiefs
Baba Ram Narayan
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Baba Shivram/ Shiv Narayan (born Samvat 1417 )
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Baba Kalyan Chand (Kalu Ji) (Sam. 1497-1579)
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Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sam 1526-1596)
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Baba Lakhmi Das (Sam 1553-1612) {Baba Sri Chand never married)
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Baba Dharam Chand (born 1580 died 1674)
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Baba Mehar Chand
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Baba Dataar Chand
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Baba Pahar Chand
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Baba Harkaran Chand
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Baba Nihal Chand
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Baba Kaladhari Ji (died AD1738)
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Baba Jit Singh {Ajit Singh} (died AD 1773)
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Baba Sahib Singh (Sam 1813 -1891 [AD1834])
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Baba Bishan Singh (died AD1839) And Baba Bikram Singh (died AD 1863)
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Baba Attar Singh Baba Sujan Singh (Born AD1845, died AD 1919)
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| Baba Ram Kishan Singh (born AD 1874)
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| Tikka Sanwal Singh (born AD 1898)
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| Tikka Surendra Singh (born AD 1897)
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Baba Sir Khem Singh
died AD1904/5)
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Raja Baba Baba Hara Baba Autar Baba Ujagar Baba Kartar Baba Hardit
Sir Gurbaksh Singh Singh Singh Singh Singh
Singh(born 1861) |
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Tikka Kanwar Lieutenant Kanwar |
Surendra Singh Daya Singh Dhanwant Singh |
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| Arduman Singh Tikka Kirti Singh |
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Avendra Singh Devendra Singh Sardul Singh Manmohan Singh |
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Tikka Jagjit Singh Kanwar Mohinder Singh Kanwar Lajinder Singh Kanwar Surinder Singh
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Tikka Harjit Singh Tikka Karamjit Singh Tikka Amarjit Singh Tikka Surjit Singh
The Gaddi of Baba Bishan Singh is at Una (Hoshiarpur) and the Gaddi of Baba Bishan Singh is at Kallar (dist. Rawalpindi).
The above information taken from Mahan Kosh (Bhai kahn Singh Nabha)

References

★ Guru Gobind Gingh, Vichitra Natak, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar.

★ Max Arthur MacAuliff, The Sikh Religion, Vol 1, (The Life of Guru Nanak), Oxford University Press, 1909.

★ The Bedis

★ Breathing new life into samadhis The Tribune, July 28, 2001.

★ Una District Principality of Bedi’s of Una

★ Baba Khem Singh Bedi

★ Baba Sahib Singh