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<p class="C1">&#65279B&#362&#7788&#256 SINGH, D&#298W&#256N (b. 1826), journalist, printer and one of the last employees of the Sikh royal household, was born the son of Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh at Lahore in 1826. He was a man of wealth and influence, being the owner of a chain of printing presses. In his earlier career, he had served as <i>d&#299w&#257n</i> or household minister to Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur in whose cause he had attempted to raise disturbances just before the second Anglo-Sikh war for which he was deported from the Punjab to All&#257h&#257b&#257d where he was kept a political prisoner for seven years. In 1866, he set up <i>&#256ft&#257b-i-Punjab</i> press in Lahore and issued in Urdu a fortnightly law journal, <i>Anw&#257r-ul-Shams</i>. A branch of the press was opened at Ajmer where the R&#257jput&#257n&#257 government gazette used to be printed. In 1872, B&#363&#7789&#257 Si&#7749gh founded the newspaper, <i>&#256ft&#257b-i-Punj&#257b</i> (Urdu), generally critical of the government's policy towards Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh. D&#299w&#257n B&#363&#7789&#257 Si&#7749gh was favourably disposed towards the K&#363k&#257 sect and applauded especially its pro-Duleep Si&#7749gh activity. He also served as a vice-president of the newly established Lahore Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, ed. , <i>History of the Freedom Movement in the Panjab (Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondence</i>). vol. III. Patiala, 1972<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gill, Avtar Singh, <i>Lahore Darbar and Rani Jindan</i>. Ludhiana, 1983<BR>
<li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i>Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 Lahir</i>. Ludhiana, 1974<BR>
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