Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti Shaheed, commonly referred to as Dulla Bhatti, was a famous Muslim hero and resistance figure from the Punjab region who raised the banner of rebellion against Emperor Akbar during the Mughal Empire. He was born in the mid-sixteenth century in Sandal Bar (now Pindi Bhattian / Lyallpur) in the Punjab.
Two Hindu girls, Sundri and Mundri, were abducted by the people of Mughal King Akbar, but were rescued by Dulla Bhatti, who then went to a safe place and married them off according to their Hindu religion. On this occasion, he gave them sugar in their dowries. The festival of Lohri(mid of January) is celebrated in the memory of Dulla Bhatti.
Furthermore, Dulla Bhatti, like his grandfather and father, refused to pay illegal and forced taxes on the lands of his area and looted King Akbar’s caravans and distributed them among the poor. This son of Punjab had suffocated Akbar and for this reason Akbar had to shift his capital from Delhi to Lahore. Dulla Bhatti was finally arrested on fraudulent pretexts and hanged on March 26, 1599 near Mochi Gate in Lahore. Shah Hussain, a well-known Sufi poet of his time, was also present at the time of his execution. This is how Shah Hussain described his last words. “No proud son of Punjab will ever sell the land of Punjab”
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