ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CHELL&#256R&#256M BH&#256&#298 (1904-1964)</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="CHELLRM,BH*,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279CHELL&#256R&#256M, BH&#256&#298 (1904-1964), a well-known Sahajdh&#257r&#299 Sikh of modern times who sang and preached <i>gurb&#257&#7751&#299</i>, the Guru's inspired word, with a rare love and devotion, was born in a Sindh&#299 family of Hyder&#257b&#257d (Sindh) on 3 May 1904, the son of Dr &#7788ekchand R&#257ch&#363mal Mansukh&#257n&#299 and Chet&#299ba&#299. Chellar&#257m's parents died while he was still in his infancy and his only sister not long afterwards. Successive deaths in the family left him a lonely youth, with a rather pensive mind '. He took his degree in Law and set up practice as a lawyer, but his heart was not in the profession. He joined civil service which left him ample time for the study of religious books. Sikh Scripture, the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, took hold of his mind and he started reciting Sikh hymns in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 at Kar&#257ch&#299. He also taught children to recite <i>k&#299rtan</i>, i. e. hymn - singing. Soon a group of devotees formed around him dedicated to <i>n&#257m-simran</i>, i. e. repetition of God's name. His growing popularity earned him the epithet of <i>d&#257d&#257</i>, the equivalent of <i>b&#257b&#257</i> in Punjabi (lit. grandfather), a term of respect for elderly or holy men. He was invited to perform <i>k&#299rtan</i> at Sikh <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> on special occasions in <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in the Punjab including those at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib and Amritsar. In 1938, D&#257d&#257 Chell&#257r&#257m &#256shram was established in Kar&#257ch&#299.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the partition of the country in 1947, D&#257d&#257 Chell&#257r&#257m joined service in the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi and continued to reside there. In 1958, he established a religious centre Nij Th&#257&#7749u (lit. His own place). It is an eclectic institution where recitations from the Bible, the G&#299t&#257, and the Qur'&#257n are made side by side with those from the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. Another institution in Delhi which owes its origin to D&#257d&#257 Chell&#257r&#257m is Nirgu&#7751a B&#257lak Satsa&#7749g Ma&#7751&#7693al. It has branches at Bombay, Pu&#7751e and Saproon, near Solan in Him&#257chal Pradesh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D&#257d&#257 Chell&#257r&#257m died at Delhi on 7 March 1964.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Lachman Chell&#257r&#257m<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>