ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BAN&#256RAS&#298 D&#256S</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="BANRAS*,DS"> <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">&#65279BAN&#256RAS&#298 D&#256S, alias Ban&#257ras&#299 B&#257b&#363, who professed to be a K&#363k&#257 Sikh, was originally a resident of All&#257h&#257b&#257d. Widely travelled, he had been to England in 1885-86 where he had met the deposed Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh. On his return from England he went to Nepal, the favoured resort of the K&#363k&#257s espousing Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh's cause. Ban&#257ras&#299 D&#257s preached insurrection against the British. He declared that Duleep Si&#7749gh had joined hands with the Russians and would invade India via Kashm&#299r. He wielded considerable influence among the Hindus who venerated him as a person of sanctity. In 1886, he came to the Punjab and was arrested and charged with sedition. He was released on 16 February 1887 as a result of the amnesty granted on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria. Thereafter he roamed about places such as Calcutta, Pa&#7789n&#257 and Muzaffarpur spreading sedition against the British and rousing pro-Duleep Si&#7749gh sentiments.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ganda Singh, ed. , <i>History of the Freedom Movement in the Panjab</i>. (<i>Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondence</i>), vol. III. Patiala, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">K. S. Th&#257par<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>