ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>B&#362&#7770 SI&#7748GH (d. 1892)</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="BjZ,SIDGH"> <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">&#65279B&#362&#7770 SI&#7748GH (d. 1892), son of Ruld&#363 R&#257m, appointed to do menial jobs first as an attendant in the household of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's wife, R&#257&#7751&#299 Maht&#257b Kaur, and then as a water-carrier in Ka&#7749var Sher Si&#7749gh's, carried out some of the confidential errands he was assigned to with such great skill that he not only rose in rank but also had <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> in Muker&#299&#257&#7749, and houses at Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 and Lahore bestowed on him. For his assistance to the British on the occasion of General Pollock's advance on K&#257bul, he received a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> near Pesh&#257war. His enemies took advantage of the murder in September 1843 of his master, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh, to harm him. Prime Minister H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh, whom B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh had once abused in public, levied on him a fine of Rs 81, 000 - equal to the amount alleged to have been misappropriated by him. He resumed his <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i>, too, but his downfall was short-lived. On H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh's death in 1844, the power passed to Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh and R&#257j&#257 L&#257l Si&#7749gh who speedily reinstated B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh and appointed him governor of Amritsar. B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh proved to be an able administrator. He was put in charge of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur by Henry Lawrence, the Resident of Lahore, during her detention in the Fort of Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 while his brother, Suddh Si&#7749gh, was in attendance on Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh at Lahore. After the annexation of the Punjab, B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh was made a sub-registrar for the cluster of villages around Muker&#299&#257&#7749 where he resided. He was president of the Municipal Committee of Muker&#299&#257&#7749 and for some time acted as an honorary magistrate. The Government of India conferred upon him the title of Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur in 1888.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh died at Muker&#299&#257&#7749 in 1892.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<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>