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<p class="C1">&#65279DASAUNDH&#256 SI&#7748GH (d. 1767), founder of the Nish&#257n&#257v&#257l&#299 <i>misl</i>, was the son of Chaudhar&#299 S&#257hib R&#257i belonging to the village of Mans&#363r, in F&#299rozpur district of the Punjab. He received <i>p&#257hul</i>, the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 initiatory rites at the hands of D&#299w&#257n Darb&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, a prominent Sikh leader of the post-Band&#257 Si&#7749gh period. By 1734, Dasaundh&#257 Si&#7749gh was a leading figure in the Taru&#7751&#257 Dal. At the time of the formation of the Dal <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 in 1748, he was proclaimed the leader of the Nish&#257n&#257v&#257l&#299 <i>misl</i>. The Nish&#257n&#257v&#257l&#299 <i>misl</i>, kept as a reserve force at Amritsar, used to act as standard-bearers of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 army. Hence the name (<i>nish&#257n</i> = flag or standard; <i>v&#257l&#299 </i>= owning or unfurling). In January 1764 after the conquest of Sirhind, Dasaundh&#257 Si&#7749gh took possession of Si&#7749gh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 in F&#299rozpur district, S&#257hnev&#257l, Sar&#257i Lashkar&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Dor&#257h&#257, Amloh, Z&#299r&#257 and Amb&#257l&#257. At the last named station, he established his headquarters. He was killed in May 1767 at Meerut in a sudden attack by Jah&#257n <u>Kh</u>&#257n and Z&#257bit&#257 <u>Kh</u>&#257n and was succeeded to the headship of the <i>misl</i> by his younger brother, Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Seetal, Sohan Singh, <i>The Sikh Misals and the Panjab</i>. Ludhiana, n. d.<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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