She was the daughter of Ram Sarana, a Punjabi Soni Kumarāv Khatri of Bijwara Soni - in present-day Hoshiārpur district.[3]
After the martyrdom of her child, Ajit Singh, she adopted a son named Ajit Singh Palit who was later executed on a accusation that he had killed a Muslim dervish.[4][5]
She holds a special place in Sikhism for the role she played in leading Sikhs after the ascension of Guru Gobind Singh. A memorial in her honour stands in the compound of Gurdwara Bala Sahib, New Delhi.
A hukamnama (historically refers to issued edicts, injunctions, or orders by the Sikh gurus and their officiated followers and associates) issued by Mata Sundari (wife and widow of Guru Gobind Singh) from the Bhai Rupa Collection
^The encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Vol. 1. Harbans Singh. Patiala: Punjabi University. 1992–1998. pp. 31–32. ISBN0-8364-2883-8. OCLC29703420. AJIT SINGH PALIT (d. 1725), adopted son of Mata Sundari, the mother of Sahibzada Ajit Singh. Little is known about the family he came of except that Mata Sundari took him over from a goldsmith of Delhi and adopted him because of his striking resemblance with her son, Ajit Singh, who had met a martyr's death at Chamkaur.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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