Further reinforcements arrived and sixty thousand horse and foot closely invested Banda's hill retreat. For want of provisions, Sikhs were reduced to rigorous straits. They killed their horses for food, and when they could stand up to the enemy no longer, they made desperate nightly sally to escape into the hills of Nahan. Banda was far from vanquished. The Guru inquired, if he knew who he was talking to. Banda said he was none other than Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru then had a long conversation with Banda. He encouraged him to give up his present recluse lifestyle and the lonely way of living. The Guru asked him to resume the duties of a true warrior to fight for righteousness and justice before God. Murphy, Anne (2012). The Materiality of the Past: History and Representation in Sikh Tradition. Oxford University Press. p.96. ISBN 978-0-19-991629-0.

Grewal 1998, p. 70: "Though historians generally refer to the young Gobind as Gobind Rai, in the hukamnamas of Guru Tegh Bahadur he is referred to as Gobind Das." Out of the many other things preserved, she pointed out at a huge portrait of Guru Ravi Dass ji that lay close to his bed. “This is one incomplete painting that my father left in a stand here.” Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p.595. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7. On Next morning, people from all over came to watch guru ji as on that day guru sahib was leaving his heavenly abode. People of every class came for darshan of guru gobind singh. It was a huge crowd, guru Sahib gave darshan to all in his roop.a b Fenech, Louis E.; W. H. McLeod (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p.218. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1. a b c Christopher J. H. Wright (2003). God and Morality. Oxford University Press. p.153. ISBN 978-0-19-914839-4. Among Sobha Singh's portraits of contemporary personalities that of Norah Richards, the matriarch of Punjabi theatre, was done with a rare delicacy and feeling.

a b Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood. p.420. ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9. Chaar Sahibzaade, a 2014 Indian computer-animated film by Harry Baweja. It is based on the sacrifices of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh – Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Jorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh.Madho Das, who having tried all his occult powers had my now accepted defeat, said with great humility, "I am your banda (slave)". Singh, Prithi Pal (2007). The History of Sikh Gurus. Lotus Books. pp.128–147. ISBN 978-81-8382-075-2. This was the beginning of the most productive period of his life - During his 38 year stay at Andretta he produced hundreds of paintings. The distance from the Gurdwara to the Lal Qila is about 15km but the fly distance is about 10km. Now days, an arrow fired from a bow will only travel about half a Km.

At Delhi, the artist had his studio in Connaught Place, New Delhi. At that time it was an isolated, calm and quiet place with small hills in the vicinity. Colonel Tait, an officer in the Railway Publicity Department, was an art lover, and he became a devoted friend of Bhai sahib. Guru Gobind Singh in the final verse of his composition, Chaupai Sahib, refers to himself as Gobind Das. The Khalsa were engaged in a prolonged fight against the cruel Mughals, who were practising their tyranny and terrorism. His confrontation with the Mughal administration in Northern India, though brief, was strong and vigorous enough to shake the foundations of this evil empire.a b c d Mahmood, Cynmthia Keppley (1996). Fighting for faith and nation dialogues with Sikh militants. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp.43–45. ISBN 978-0-8122-1592-2. OCLC 44966032.