ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DAGGO BH&#256&#298</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="DAGGO,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">&#65279DAGGO, BH&#256&#298, a rich landlord of Dhamt&#257n, now in J&#299nd district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, was a <i>masand</i> having jurisdiction over the B&#257&#7749gar region during the time of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. When the Gur&#363 visited Dhamt&#257n in 1665, Bh&#257&#299 Daggo received him with exceeding joy and put him up in a new house he had constructed. The Gur&#363 showered his blessings upon him : "For meeting me with presents, milk shall abound in thy house. Minister to the Sikhs and devotees, and remain with us during our stay in this place. " Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur stayed at Dhamt&#257n to celebrate the festival of D&#299v&#257l&#299. According to Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, supported by evidence of the Bha&#7789&#7789 Vah&#299s and an old Assamese journal <i>P&#257dsh&#257h Burañj&#299</i>, the Gur&#363 one day, while out on chase in a forest near Dhamt&#257n, was arrested by an imperial officer, '&#256lam <u>Kh</u>&#257n Ruh&#299l&#257, and taken to Delhi. The Sikhs arrested along with him included Bh&#257&#299 Daggo. They were, however, all released through the intercession of Ku&#7749var R&#257m Si&#7749gh of Jaipur who stood surety for the Gur&#363. Bh&#257&#299 Daggo thereupon came back to Dhamt&#257n while Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur resumed his interrupted journey towards the eastern provinces. Ten years later, when Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur again passed through Dhamt&#257n, Bh&#257&#299 Daggo served him with devotion. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, the Gur&#363 before leaving Dhamt&#257n gave him funds for the construction of a public well and a <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> for the travellers. Bh&#257&#299 Daggo, it is said, became selfish and had the well dug in his own fields.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M. A. , <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>