BHAI BISHEN SINGH, He was a Namdhari sikh ,When 12 years old, he cliched to the flowing beard of DC  of Ludhiana, Mr Cowan during   Malekotla massacres in 1871. He did not leave in spite of loud shrieks and screams  from Cowan. The soldiers  standing close by then  killed the boy by sword and cut off his hands, He became a martyr.