 On around 1704 the Mughal hill chiefs had surrounded Anandpur Sahib and were demanding it be evacuated stopping provisions for food and the siege lasting a few months.They announced that any Sikh who would say that "he/she is not anymore a Sikh of Guru Gobind" would be left untouched while others would be "done to death".A group of 40 Sikhs ("Chali Mukte"), led by Mahan Singh Brar, told Guru Gobind Singh that they were not his Sikhs anymore.