This article examines the changing importance, in Sikh history, of Baghel Singh, a Sikh military commander in eighteenth-century Punjab, and the significance of the most recent events commemorating him in Delhi—the Fateh Diwas. The Fateh Diwas was a spectacular event organized for the first time in 2014 at the Red Fort in Delhi, by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD; Badal)-led Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. It celebrated the conquest of Delhi by the Sikhs and the unfurling of the Sikh flag on the Red Fort by Baghel Singh. This claim is significant for its timing, symbolism and the historical legacy it seeks to remember. This representation of Baghel Singh also appears in modern paintings on Sikh history which are widely reproduced in popular spheres and also constitute the display in Sikh museums. A comparison of this particular representation of Baghel Singh with that in the nineteenth-century text, Sri Gur Panth Prakash by Ratan Singh Bhangu, is useful in understanding how Baghel Singh’s role has changed in Sikh history and how is it being deployed in contemporary heritage politics.

本文考察了十八世纪旁遮普邦的锡克教军事指挥官巴格尔·辛格（Baghel Singh）在锡克教历史上的重要性的变化，以及在德里纪念法塔赫·迪瓦斯（Fateh Diwas）的最新事件的意义。法塔赫·迪瓦斯（Fateh Diwas）是由Shiromani Akali Dal（SAD; Badal）领导的德里锡克（Sikh Gurdwara）管理委员会于2014年在德里红堡（Red Fort）首次组织的壮观活动。它庆祝锡克教徒征服德里，以及巴格尔·辛格（Baghel Singh）在红堡上展开锡克教徒旗帜。这项主张对于其时机，象征意义和它想要记住的历史遗产具有重要意义。Baghel Singh的这种表现形式也出现在锡克教历史上的现代绘画中，这些绘画在流行领域得到了广泛的复制，并且也构成了锡克教徒博物馆的展览。Ratan Singh Bhangu的Sri Gur Panth Prakash，有助于了解Baghel Singh在锡克教历史上的角色是如何变化的，以及它如何在当代遗产政治中得到运用。