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<p class="C1">&#65279AMAR SI&#7748GH MAJ&#298&#7788H&#298&#256 (d. 1848), known as Amar Si&#7749gh <u>Kh</u>urd (junior) to distinguish him from his namesake Amar Si&#7749gh Kal&#257&#7749 (senior) who was also from the village of Maj&#299&#7789h&#257, son of M&#257h&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh (d. 1802), was a <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> and military commander under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. He was placed in the &#7692er&#257 <u>Kh</u>&#257s, a regiment of irregular cavalry composed of the sons of the Sikh nobility. The young Amar Si&#7749gh distinguished himself in the siege of Mult&#257n in 1818 and in the Kashm&#299r campaign the following year. In 1834, he accompanied the army under Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh and General Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 to Pesh&#257war when the province was formally annexed to the Sikh kingdom. He was employed on outpost duty in this campaign and he had many a fierce encounter with the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns. At Shabqadar, he was wounded by a musket-ball in a night attack made by the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns in force, but he rallied his men and drove them back. He fought with distinction in the battle of Jamr&#363d (30 April 1837). Being a celebrated marksman, he was chosen in 1846 to instruct the young Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh in shooting. In the year following, he left the Punjab on a pilgrimage to Haridv&#257r, and died there in 1848.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909,<BR>
<li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ra&#7751jit Singh and His Times</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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