ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BAMBEL&#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="BAMBEL*"> <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">&#65279BAMBEL&#298 (also referred to locally as Dugg-Bambel&#299 because of its proximity to another village called Dugg), 12 km north of Phagaw&#257&#7771&#257 (31º-14'N, 75º-46'E) in the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i who visited here during one of his journeys between Kart&#257rpur and K&#299ratpur. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chaunt&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VII, near the confluence of two <i>chos</i> or seasonal streams to the northwest of the village, marks the site where the Gur&#363 had halted and sat on a platform of earthwork (<i>chaunt&#257</i> in the local dialect of Punjabi). The Gurdw&#257r&#257 building, constructed during recent years, comprises a large hall with a square sanctum in the middle. The shrine is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, but is administered by Sant Harba&#7749s Si&#7749gh of &#7692umel&#299, who raised the present building. Two Sikh penants close to the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> mark the spots where four Babar Ak&#257l&#299s brought to bay by British police fell fighting in a prolonged encounter on 1 September 1923.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>