Haqiqat Rai

Veer
Haqiqat Rai
वीर हक़ीक़त राय
ਵੀਰ ਹਕ਼ੀਕ਼ਤ ਰਾਯ
Depiction of Veer Haqiqat Rai (Right), ca. early 20th century
Personal
Born1720
Died1734
Cause of deathExecution by Immurement with Stoning & Beheading
SpouseLakshmi Devi
Parent
  • Bhai Baghmal Puri (father)

Haqiqat Rai Bakhmal Puri (died 1734; Punjabi: हक़ीक़त राय बाघमल पुरी (Devanagri), ਹਕ਼ੀਕ਼ਤ ਰਾਯ ਬਾਘਮਲ ਪੂਰੀ (Gurmukhi), حقیقت رائے باگہمل پوری (Shahmukhi)) was an 18th-century martyr from Sialkot, who was executed in Lahore during the time of Zakariya Khan.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Malhotra, Anshu; Mir, Farina (2012). Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199088775. At one level this story is about the inexorable distance between the Hindus and the Muslims—Haqiqat Rai is evidently a martyr to the Hindu cause (refusal to convert), when Muslims exercise political power.
  2. ^ Gooptu, Nandini (2001). The Politics of the Urban Poor in Early Twentieth-Century India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521443661. Plays about Hindu martyrs such as Dharmveer Haqiqat Rai or Maharani Padmini advocated deep loyalty to Hinduism and the need to fight for one's faith.
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