ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#256N&#256 BH&#256&#298 (1536-1644)</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="BHN,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">&#65279BH&#256N&#256, BH&#256&#298 (1536-1644), the youngest son of B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257, was born in the village of Katthu Na&#7749gal, in Amritsar district of the Punjab. B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257, blessed by Gur&#363 N&#257nak himself, was the most revered Sikh of his day. In his lifetime, he had had the privilege of anointing with his hands five successive Gur&#363s, Gur&#363 A&#7749gad to Gur&#363 Hargobind. Upon his death in 1631, Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 succeeded him in that position of honour in Gur&#363 Hargobind's household. He was then in his ninety-fifth year. Such was his reputation for piety that he was commonly called Brahm-Gi&#257n&#299, i. e. one possessing divine knowledge and experience. He was married at the age of 18 and had three sons -Jal&#257l, Sarva&#7751 and D&#257s&#363. D&#257s&#363 died young and Jal&#257l outlived his father only by two months. Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 founded two habitations near his village, one called Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 after his own name and the other Jha&#7751&#7693&#257 Ramd&#257s named after his grandson but now called simply Ramd&#257s.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 had the honour of performing the last rites of Gur&#363 Hargobind and of anointing Gur&#363 Har R&#257i in March 1644 as his successor. He himself died the same year at Jha&#7751&#7693&#257 Ramd&#257s where his <i>sam&#257dh</i> still exists by the side of his father's. His elder son, Jal&#257l, who succeeded him, did not live long. Bh&#257&#299 Sarva&#7751, the younger son of Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257, then waited upon the Gur&#363.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<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>