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<p class="C1">&#65279CHI&#7788&#7788&#256GO&#7748G (22º - 21'N, 91º -50'E), a major port town of Bangladesh, situated on the right bank of Kar&#7751&#257phul&#299 River, 20 km from its mouth, has a historic Sikh shrine, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sikh Temple, dedicated to Gur&#363 N&#257nak, who is believed to have stayed here briefly in 1507-08. Local tradition connects this Gurdw&#257r&#257 with the story of the conversion by Gur&#363 N&#257nak of Bh&#257&#299 Jha&#7751&#7693&#257 B&#257&#7693h&#299, R&#257j&#257 Sudhar Sen and his nephew, Indra Sen. The story occurs briefly in the <i>B40 Janam-S&#257kh&#299</i> and at some length in the <i>B&#257l&#257 Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sikh Temple is situated in the middle of Chowk B&#257z&#257r. An old well adjoining it is still in use. There is some property in the name of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 donated to it by Bh&#257&#299 Mohan Si&#7749gh, a Sikh who was D&#299w&#257n of Chi&#7789&#7789&#257go&#7749g during the rule of Naw&#257b 'Al&#299 Vard&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n (d. 1756). The Gurdw&#257r&#257 was administered by a line of Ud&#257s&#299 priests until 1917 when the management was entrusted to a committee of local devotees under the chairmanship of the district judge of Chi&#7789&#7789&#257go&#7749g. This arrangement still continues.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kohl&#299, Surindar Si&#7749gh, ed. , <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299 Bh&#257&#299 B&#257l&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> McLeod, W. H. , ed. , <i>The B40 Janam-S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1980<BR>
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