ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BIKRAM SI&#7748GH BED&#298 B&#256B&#256 (d. 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="BIKRAM,SIDGH,BED*,BB"> <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">&#65279BIKRAM SI&#7748GH BED&#298, B&#256B&#256 (d. 1863), was the third and youngest son of S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299 of &#362n&#257, a lineal descendant of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. On S&#257hib Si&#7749gh's death in 1834, Bikram Si&#7749gh succeeded to his father's <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> and position as preceptor to royal family of Lahore. After the deaths of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh and Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh, B&#257b&#257 Bikr&#257m Si&#7749gh tried to bring about a reconciliation between Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh and his collateral Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257 <i>sard&#257rs</i>. B&#257b&#257 Bikram Si&#7749gh felt irked when British troops were stationed at Lahore after the Anglo-Sikh war of 1845-46. He was a powerful <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> in the Jalandhar Do&#257b holding lands worth over two lakh of rupees comprising more than a dozen villages granted to him by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh and Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh, including the forts of N&#363rpur, Gun&#257chaur and Dakkhn&#803&#299 Sar&#257i. The British after the annexation of the Do&#257b in 1846 dispossessed him of arms, and reduced his <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i>. He, however, turned down the offer of a reduced pension and started organizing an armed opposition to the British in the hilly areas of the &#346iv&#257liks. Alarmed at his activities, Robert Cust, the deputy commissioner of Hoshi&#257rpur, recommended to the commissioner of the Jalandhar Do&#257b, John Lawerence, that the B&#257b&#257 be banished from the Punjab and sent to Haridv&#257r. B&#257b&#257 Bikram Si&#7749gh sent his emissaries to D&#299w&#257n M&#363l R&#257j of Mult&#257n and Sard&#257r Chatar Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257, the governor of Haz&#257r&#257, who had raised the banner of revolt against the British. In December 1848, he crossed the Be&#257s at Sr&#299 Hargobindpur and joined forces with R&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 and fought the British in the battles of Chel&#299&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 (13 January 1849) and Gujr&#257t (21 February 1849). He surrendered to the British along with the A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 sard&#257rs at R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 in March 1849. He was interned at Amritsar where he died in 1863.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1890<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Si&#7749gh, <i>Ranjit Singh Maharajah of the Punjab</i>. Bombay, 1962<BR> <li class="C1"> Sobh&#257 R&#257m, <i>Gur-bil&#257s B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299</i>. Ed. Gurmukh Si&#7749gh. Patiala, 1988<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">J. S. Khur&#257n&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>