ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BECHINT SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1872-1921)</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="BECHINT,SIDGH,BH*,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279BECHINT SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1872-1921), one of the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib martyrs, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Sundar Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 S&#257hib Kaur, a peasant couple of the village of Phar&#257l&#257 in Jalandhar district. The family migrated to Chakk No. 258 Phar&#257l&#257 in the newly colonized district of Lyallpur in 1892. In 1907, while returning from Haridv&#257r after immersing in the River Ga&#7749g&#257 the ashes of his deceased wife, Bechint Si&#7749gh stayed for a couple of months at Amritsar where he came in contact with a holy man, Sant Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh, at whose hands he took the <i>p&#257hul</i> of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. He brought the Sant to his village where he lodged the latter in a room specially built for him on his farm. The Sant had the villagers raise a <i> gurdw&#257r&#257 </i> in the village. Bechint Si&#7749gh became a zealous Sikh and especially went to Mast&#363&#257&#7751&#257, near Sa&#7749gr&#363r, to participate in <i>k&#257r-sev&#257</i> in progress there under Sant Atar Si&#7749gh for raising a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. He also volunteered to join the <i>jath&#257</i> or band of Sikhs who had offered to go to Delhi to rebuild one of the walls of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj demolished by the British or face death. He attended the Ak&#257l&#299' <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> at Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299 on 1-3 October 1920 and accompanied the <i>jath&#257</i> which proceeded straight from that meeting to Si&#257lko&#7789 for the liberation of Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257be d&#299 Ber. On 19 February 1921, Bechint Si&#7749gh with his cousin Ghana&#299y&#257 Si&#7749gh was at Chakk No. 91, district Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 for a condolence call when the <i>jath&#257</i> of Bh&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Si&#7749gh was passing by on their way to Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib. Both joined the <i>jath&#257</i> and attained martyrdom at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib on 20 February 1921.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sh&#257h&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>