 She was known for rallying the 40 Sikhs ("Chali Mukte") who abandoned Guru Gobind Singh at the siege of Anandpur Sahib and bringing them back to fight.Mai Bhago was born in her family's ancestral village of Jhabal Kalan, in the family of Chaudhary Langah a Dhillon Jatt of Jhabal Kalan , in the present-day Tarn Taran district of the Punjab.Mai Bhago was a staunch Sikh by birth and had her upbringing in a devout Sikh family.