ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ATAR SI&#7748GH K&#256LI&#256&#7748V&#256L&#256 (d. 1851)</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="ATAR,SIDGH,KLIDVL"> <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">&#65279ATAR SI&#7748GH K&#256LI&#256&#7748V&#256L&#256 (d. 1851), soldier and feudatory chief in Sikh times, was son of Dal Si&#7749gh Nahern&#257, a military commander under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. Atar Si&#7749gh's ancestors belonged to the village of Ka&#7771i&#257l, in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district, now in Pakistan. His great-great-grandfather, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, had been given a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> by Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257. S&#257hib Si&#7749gh's son, Hak&#363mat Si&#7749gh, and grandson, Kaur Si&#7749gh, served the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257s. Kaur Si&#7749gh's son, Dal Si&#7749gh, served with honour in the Kas&#363r, Mult&#257n, Kashm&#299r and &#7692er&#257 Ism&#257'&#299l <u>Kh</u>&#257n campaigns. His son, Atar Si&#7749gh, was sent in 1834 to Pesh&#257war under the command of Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh. While there, D&#299w&#257n H&#257kim R&#257i, who was chamberlain to the Prince and a great favourite, won over some of the <i>sard&#257rs</i> under the command of Atar Si&#7749gh to his camp. On this Atar Si&#7749gh left the army without permission and came to Lahore to complain to Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, who ordered him to re-join his regiment, then in Bann&#363. Upon Atar Si&#7749gh's refusal to do so, the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 confiscated all his <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> which were later partially restored by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh. Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh, on the return to Lahore of Atar Si&#7749gh after consigning Mah&#257&#7771&#257j&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh's and Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh's ashes to the River Ga&#7749g&#257, gave him in Pi&#7751&#7693i Gheb and M&#299rov&#257l <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> valued at over a lakh of rupees, subject to the service of two hundred horse. Atar Si&#7749gh was made Ad&#257lat&#299 (chief justice) of Lahore and the surrounding districts, and received command of the Pi&#7751&#7693&#299v&#257l&#257 irregular cavalry which had been first raised by Milkh&#257 Si&#7749gh Pi&#7751&#7693&#299v&#257l&#257. He took part in the first Anglo-Sikh war. After the treaty of Bharov&#257l, he was appointed a member of the Council of Regency formed in December 1846 which position he retained till the annexation of the Punjab (1849).</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Atar Si&#7749gh died in December 1851.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War. </i> Chandigarh, 1956<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Si&#7749gh, <i>Fall of the Kingdom of the Punjab. </i> Delhi, 1971<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jat&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>