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<p class="C1">&#65279AM&#298R SI&#7748GH, an Ak&#257l&#299 or Niha&#7749g who was a veteran soldier, joined the band of Bh&#257&#299 Mah&#257r&#257j Si&#7749gh, leading a popular rebellion against the British in 1848-49. When the British deputy commissioner of Jalandhar, Vansittart, raided Mah&#257r&#257j Si&#7749gh's camp near Sham Chaur&#257s&#299 on the night of 28-29 December 1849, Am&#299r Si&#7749gh attacked him with an axe but was himself wounded by a pistol shot fired by Vansittart. He died three days later.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ahluwalia, M. L. , <i>Bhai Maharaj Singh</i>. Patiala, 1972<BR>
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