ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DES&#362</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="DESj"> <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&#362, Ja&#7789&#7789 of Chahal clan, was a minor chief at Bh&#299kh&#299, in present-day M&#257ns&#257 district, when Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur visited that village travelling through the M&#257lv&#257 region in 1672-73. As he came to see him, the Gur&#363 asked him why he carried a walking stick in his quiver. Des&#363 replied that although he was a Hindu by birth, he was a follower of Sult&#257n Sakh&#299 Sarwar, and carried the stick as an emblem of that faith. According to <i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, the Gur&#363 gave Des&#363 five arrows from his quiver and said that if he kept these with him he should prosper and want nothing. Des&#363 discarded the Sult&#257n&#299 stick. Des&#363's wife broke and burnt the arrows given by the Gur&#363. This, it is said, brought a curse on his house and his son and grandson perished at the hands of his enemies and his direct line came to an end.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1950<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"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<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>