this , says Gaur, as a "peasant class war". Banditry Bhatti's class war took the form of social banditry, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Folklore gave him a legendary status for preventing girls from being abducted and sold as slaves. He arranged marriages for them and provided their dowries. His efforts may have influenced Akbar's decision to pacify Guru Arjan Dev Ji, and through Guru Arjan Dev Ji's influence the people of Bari Doab, by exempting the area from the requirement to provide land revenues. Death and legacy The end for Bhatti came in 1599 when he was hanged in Lahore. Akbar had hoped to make an example of him at the public execution, expecting that he would quake with fear, but Bhatti was steadfast in his resistance to the end. Shah Hussain, a contemporary Sufi poet who wrote of him, recorded his last words as being "No honourable son of Punjab will ever sell the soil of Punjab". A fragments of the vars (medieval poetry put to music) concerning Dulla Bhatti have survived to the present day. and dhadi Performances recounting his exploits have become less common. The memory of Bhatti as a saviour of Punjabi girls is recalled at the annual Lohri celebrations in the region to this day, although those celebrations also incorporate many other symbolic strands. The song "Sundri-Mundri" is sung during the celebrations and is a tribute to him. Among the significant modern literature inspired by the life is Takht-e-Lahore, a 1973 play written by Najam Hussein Syed. A novel based on the life of Dulla Bhatti has been written by Baldev Singh Sadaknama. A number of Indian Punjabi-language films have been produced films on his life, including – Dulla Bhatti (1966) by Baldev R. Jhingan, Dulla Bhatti (1998) by Pammi Varinder, Dulla Bhatti (2016) by Minar Malhotra. A Pakistani film Dulla Bhatti (1956) has also been made. See also Papadu References Notes Citations Bibliography Punjabi people History of Punjab, Pakistan People from Hafizabad District 1599 deaths Year of birth unknown People executed by the Mughal Empire 16th-century executions People executed by India by hanging Burials at Miani Sahib Graveyard