ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CHARAN SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (d. 1921)</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="CHARAN,SIDGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279CHARAN SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1921), one of the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib martyrs, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Gokal Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Kaur of &#7692i&#7749g&#257 village, in Gujr&#257t district. He lost his mother during infancy. His old grandmother looked after him for about five years and was then sent to live with his maternal aunt in a village in Lyallpur district where a childless neighbour Bh&#257&#299 Pi&#257r&#257 Sin&#775gh adopted him as his son. He took the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at the age of 15. He adopted tattooing as a profession. On 18 February 1921, when he learnt that his adoptive father, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, had left home to participate in the liberation of <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib, Charan Si&#7749gh, too, took a train and joined the Lyallpur <i>jath&#257</i> at S&#257&#7749gl&#257 Hill railway junction. The <i>jath&#257</i> was attacked and massacred upon reaching Gurdw&#257r&#257 Janam Asth&#257n at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib on the morning of 20 February 1921.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana S&#257hib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>