ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DAKKHA&#7750&#298 R&#256I (d. 1815)</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="DAKKHAF*,RI"> <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">&#65279DAKKHA&#7750&#298 R&#256I (d. 1815), a sixth-generation-descendant of B&#257b&#257 Prith&#299 Chand, the elder brother of Gur&#363 Arjan, who had founded an Ud&#257s&#299 <i>&#7693er&#257</i> or preaching centre of the Ud&#257s&#299 sect at Ghar&#257cho&#7749, a village in present-day Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab. The rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 granted him two villages, Kapi&#257l and Ba&#7789ari&#257&#7751&#257, in freehold. Dakkha&#7751&#299 R&#257i was a non-celibate Ud&#257s&#299 <i>s&#257dh&#363</i>, and his descendants are still living at Ghar&#257cho&#7749. In B&#257v&#257 Brahm&#257nand, <i>Gur&#363 Ud&#257s&#299n Matt Darpan</i>, B&#257b&#257 Bishan Sar&#363p and B&#257b&#257 Sar&#363p D&#257s are mentioned as the most respected and most active heads of this branch of Ud&#257s&#299s. B&#257b&#257 Sar&#363p D&#257s lived and preached for some time at Shik&#257rpur in Sindh province, and at Amritsar from 1898 till his death there on 22 Ass&#363 1979 Bk / 7 October 1922.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Ra&#7751dh&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Vithi&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR> <li class="C1"> Brahm&#257nand, Pa&#7751&#7693&#299t, <i>Gur&#363 Ud&#257s&#299n Matt Darpan</i>. Sakhar (Sindh), 1923<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>