ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DES&#256&#7748 M&#256&#298 (d. 1778)</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="DESD,M*"> <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">&#65279DES&#256&#7748, M&#256&#298 (d. 1778), daughter of Am&#299r Si&#7749gh of Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257, was married to Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 in 1756. When her husband died in 1770, their eldest son, Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, was barely ten years old. M&#257&#299 Des&#257&#7749 took the control of the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 <i>misl</i> or chiefship into her own hands, and showed uncommon sagacity and courage in administering its affairs. She had the advantage of the advice of her brothers, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh and Dal Si&#7749gh, and of the support of Jai Si&#7749gh of the Kanhaiya <i>misl</i>. One of the first tasks she undertook was the rebuilding of the fort at Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 which had been destroyed by Ahmad Sh&#257h Durr&#257n&#299. She renamed the new fort Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh k&#299 Ga&#7771h&#299. She brought further strength to the <i>misl</i> by securing influential matrimonial alliances for her children. She married off her daughter, R&#257j Kaur, to S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, of the Bha&#7749g&#299 <i>misl</i>, and her son, Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, to the daughter of the R&#257j&#257 of J&#299nd. She died in 1778.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>Ranjit Si&#7749gh. </i> Oxford, 1905<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Si&#7749gh</i>. Delhi, 1980<BR> <li class="C1"> S&#299tal, Sohan Si&#7749gh, <i>Sikh Misl&#257&#7749</i>. Ludhiana, 1952<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">J. S. Khur&#257n&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>