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<p class="C1">&#65279DES&#362 SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1781), was the second of the five sons of Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh of the well-known Bh&#257&#299 family, deriving its name from the celebrated Bh&#257&#299 Bhagat&#363, contemporary of three successiv Gur&#363s, Gur&#363 Arjan, Gur&#363 Hargobind and Gur&#363 Har R&#257i. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Garb Gañjan&#299 &#7788&#299k&#257</i>, Des&#363 Si&#7749gh was the fifth in the line of Bh&#257&#299 Bhagat&#363's descendants. His father, Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh was a close associate of &#256l&#257 Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and had carved for himself some territories around Sirhind and Kaithal besides his ancestral possessions in several villages around Bhuchcho, near Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257. After his death in 1764, his territories were divided among his sons. Des&#363 Si&#7749gh collected a force, and, advancing from Bhuchcho, marched straight to Kaithal and defeating Bh&#299kh Ba<u>kh</u>sh and Ni&#257mat <u>Kh</u>&#257n, two brothers in possession of Kaithal, established himself there as an independent chief sometime between 1764 and 1768. He began further to extend his territories and seized the town of Th&#257nesar with one of its two forts. This excited the jealousy of another Sikh chief, Mit Si&#7749gh, who seized the second fort at Th&#257nesar, and after his death, his son, Bha&#7749g&#257 Si&#7749gh, evicted Des&#363 Si&#7749gh's forces from that town.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Bh&#257&#299 Des&#363 Si&#7749gh also fell out with R&#257j&#257 Amar Si&#7749gh, of Pati&#257l&#257, in 1778, because he did not support the R&#257j&#257 in his punitive action against Har&#299 Si&#7749gh, of Si&#257lb&#257, who had been friendly with the Kaithal chief. After dealing with the Si&#257lb&#257 chief, R&#257j&#257 Amar Si&#7749gh sent a force against Kaithal, too, but an attack was averted by the intercession of some of the Bh&#257&#299 brothers.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Bh&#257&#299 Des&#363 Si&#7749gh died at Kaithal in 1781.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i> [Reprint] . Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>History of the Sikhs</i>, vol. II. Delhi, 1978<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Garb Gañjan&#299 &#7788&#299k&#257</i>. Lahore, 1910<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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