ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BHARP&#362R SI&#7748GH R&#256J&#256 (1840-1863)</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="BHARPjR,SIDGH,RJ,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">&#65279BHARP&#362R SI&#7748GH, R&#256J&#256 (1840-1863), born on 4 October 1840, replaced his father, R&#257j&#257 Devinder Si&#7749gh, on the throne of N&#257bh&#257 state in January 1847 after he was removed by the British. During his minority, the state affairs were managed by his grandmother, R&#257&#7751&#299 Chand Kaur. An enlightened ruler, R&#257j&#257 Bharp&#363r Si&#7749gh was a devout Sikh. He had a good knowledge of Persian, English, Punjabi and Hindi and wrote his orders with his own hand. R&#257j&#257 Bharp&#363r Si&#7749gh helped the British during the mutiny of 1857 and was rewarded with the grant of the divisions of B&#257val and K&#257&#7751&#7789&#299 with permission, later on, to purchase a portion of Jhajjar territory. Like other Ph&#363lk&#299&#257&#7749 chiefs, he was granted the right of adoption, the power of life and death over his subjects and the promise of non-interference by the British in the internal affairs of his state. In September 1863, he was nominated a member of the Viceroy's Council but shortly thereafter he died childless at N&#257bh&#257 on 9 November 1863.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i>. Delhi, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, <i>The Patiala and the East Panjab States Union : Historical Background</i>. Patiala, 1951<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>