RĀM DATT, a Brāhmaṇ resident of Kurukshetra, who became a devotee of Gurū Gobind Siṅgh during the latter's visit to the town on the occasion of the solar eclipse in 1702. According to tradition preserved in Bhāī Santokh Siṅgh, Srī Gur Pratāp Sūraj Granth, while other Brāhmaṇs sought alms from the Gurū, Rām Datt begged for spiritual instruction.