ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#256GY&#256 R&#256M BH&#256&#298 </TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GY,RM,BH*"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279&#256GY&#256 R&#256M, BH&#256&#298 (Bh&#257&#299 &#256gy&#257 Si&#7749gh, according to Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s Dasv&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>), a Sikh of Delhi, who accompanied Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257, Bh&#257&#299 N&#257n&#363 and Bh&#257&#299 &#362d&#257 to carry from Ch&#257ndn&#299 Chowk in Delhi to the Dilv&#257l&#299 Mahall&#257 the severed head of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who was executed there on 11 November 1675. Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257 and Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh were among the eye witnesses to this gruesome happening. According to <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, they returned to their homes muttering: "Glory be unto the Gur&#363; glory unto his Sikhs. " As the sad word spread, Sikhs poured one by one into Dilv&#257l&#299 Mahall&#257 and congregated in the house of Bh&#257&#299 N&#257n&#363. There they sat far into the evening listening to the woeful narration and making plans to rescue the body. Lakkh&#299 D&#257s Lub&#257&#7751a's caravan of bullock- carts had arrived on that day from N&#257rnaul. Bh&#257&#299 &#256gy&#257 R&#257m, along with Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257, Bh&#257&#299 N&#257n&#363 and Bh&#257&#299 &#362d&#257, hid himself in the wagons near the Fort and reached the <i>kotw&#257l&#299</i>, in Ch&#257ndn&#299 Chowk. According to tradition, the severed head was kept for the night in Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257's house in Dilv&#257l&#299 Mahall&#257 from where he carried his sacred charge to Anandpur where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, the spiritual successor to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, then lived and where the obsequies were performed, with dignity and reverence, on 16 November 1675.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds. , <i> Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Trilochan Si&#7749gh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur : Prophet and Martyr</i>. Delhi, 1967<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>