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<p class="C1">&#65279BU&#7692&#7692H&#256 SI&#7748GH (d. 1718), great great-grandfather of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, was the founder of the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 family. One of his ancestors, Bh&#257r&#257 Mall, who lived in the village of Sukkarchakk, in Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district, now in Pakistan, had been initiated into the Sikh faith by the Seventh Gur&#363, Gur&#363 Har Rai. Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Si&#7749gh received the rites of <i>amrit</i> at the hands of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh himself and fought in battles under him and under Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur. He constructed a big house at Sukkarchakk and acquired considerable influence in those turbulent times. He was elected the village <i>chaudhar&#299</i> or chief. He was a daring horseman, and there were many legends current about his adventures on his favourite piebald mare called Des&#299. It is said that on the back of Des&#299, he swam across the R&#257v&#299, Chen&#257b and Jehlum rivers as many as fifty times. The dauntless warrior had on his body scars of scores of wounds by sword, spear and gun. He died in 1718.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Delhi, 1957<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh</i>. Delhi, 1980<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">J. S. Khur&#257n&#257<br></p><BR>
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