Mata
Jito
Ji
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ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀਤੋ
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Detail of Mata Jito appending sugar crystals to Amrit during Vaisakhi 1699 from a fresco that was located in the original Akal Takht building
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| Pronunciation | mātā jītō |
| Born | Ajeet Subhikkhi 1673 |
| Died | 5 December 1700[1] |
| Monuments | Gurdwara Mata Jito Ji, Anandpur Sahib |
| Other names | Jeeto[2] |
| Spouse | Guru Gobind Singh |
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| Parent(s) | Harjas Subhikkhi Mata Sabhrai |
Mātā Jīto (1673 – 5 December 1700, Gurmukhi: ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀਤੋ, Shahmukhi: ماتا جیتو), or Ajeet Kaur, was a wife of Guru Gobind Singh.
She was the first wife of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.[3][4][5] The couple married on 21 June 1677 and had three children together.[1][6]
Mata Jito was the mother of Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh but was not the biological mother of Ajit Singh, who was the son of Mata Sundari.[7]
There are different views among Sikh historians on her presence during this event. According to Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha in the Mahan Kosh, Mata Sahib Devan was present during the creation of Khalsa Panth and participated in making Pahul by adding sugar wafers[8] but the Twarikh Guru Khalsa refutes this claim.[9] The Twarikh states that Guru Gobind Singh's first wife, Mata Jito, put sugar wafers in the Pahul and that Mata Sahib Devan was not married to Guru Gobind Singh at that time.[9] According to Kanwarjit Singh Kang, a fresco that was located in the original Akal Takht depicting a woman appending sugar crystals to Amrit during the Vaisakhi events of 1699 depicts Mata Jito, not Mata Sahib Devan.[10]
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Ajit Singh, Sahibzada (1687-1705), the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Sundari at Paonta on 26 January 1687.
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