ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#256G SI&#7748GH CHANDRA UDAYA</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 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">&#65279<i>BH&#256G SI&#7748GH CHANDRA UDAYA</i>, an undated manuscript preserved in the Punjab State Archives, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, under accession No. M/773, deals with the life and achievements of Sard&#257r Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 (1745-1801), who succeeded Sard&#257r Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 as ruler of Kap&#363rthal&#257 state in 1783. Its author, R&#257m Sukh R&#257o, was tutor to Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh's son and successor, Fateh Si&#7749gh &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 (1784-1836). The latter, after his accession in 1801, commissioned R&#257m Sukh R&#257o to write biographies of Sard&#257r Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh and Sard&#257r Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh. <i>Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh Chandra Uday&#257</i>, a biography of the latter, comprises 188 folios, size 22 x 16 cm, each page containing 16 lines. The first 107 folios cover events of the life of Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh, and the rest deal with the rule of Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh ending with his death in 1801. The language of the manuscript is a mixture of Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Persian, but the script is Gurmukh&#299. R&#257m Sukh R&#257o is also the author of a book devoted to the life of Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh. That also is an unpublished manuscript under the title <i>Sr&#299 Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh Binod</i>, preserved in the Punjab State Archives, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">B. S. Nijjar<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>