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<p class="C1">&#65279BH&#256G SI&#7748GH, R&#256I (d. 1884) was son of R&#257i Kishan Chand Bh&#257&#7751&#7693&#257r&#299 who worked as a <i>vak&#299l</i> or agent under the Sikh government. In the beginning of 1838 when R&#257i Kishan Chand accompanied Colonel Wade to Pesh&#257war, Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh officiated in his place as agent at Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257, in the British territory. After the first Anglo-Sikh war (1845-46), Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh took over as agent of the Lahore Darb&#257r with the Commissioner of trans-Sutlej states; in 1848 he was awarded the title of R&#257i and a dress of honour. R&#257i Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh also received a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> worth Rupees 2, 500. The <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> was resumed when the Punjab was annexed by the British in 1849. R&#257i Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh was employed a <i>tahs&#299ld&#257r</i> by the British government for some time. He was a provincial Darb&#257r&#299 and remained an honorary magistrate of Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 for 17 years. He was also the first president of the Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 municipality. He refused appointment as extra assistant commissioner offered to him by Sir John Lawrence, then the Lt Governor of the Punjab. R&#257i Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh died in 1884 at Ba&#7789&#257l&#257, leaving behind him a son named K&#257&#7749shi R&#257m.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
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