ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DHANN&#256 SI&#7748GH (1888-1923)</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="DHANN,SIDGH,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279DHANN&#256 SI&#7748GH (1888-1923), a Babar revolutionary, was born at the village of Bahibalpur, in Hoshi&#257rpur district. His father, Indar Si&#7749gh, could barely afford to send him to the village primary school where Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh learnt to read and write in Punjabi and Urdu. Early in his youth he was converted to radical politics by Karam Si&#7749gh, of Daulatpur, leader of the Chakravart&#299 Jath&#257, and helped organize the Jath&#257's major <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> at M&#257halpur (March 1921) and at Kukka&#7771 Muz&#257r&#257 (October 1921). The Chakravart&#299 Jath&#257s of Kishan Si&#7749gh Ga&#7771gajj and Karam Si&#7749gh merging together made up plans at a meeting at Jassov&#257l on 25 December 1922 to maim, plunder or murder informers and helpers of the British government. Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh was assigned to "liquidating" Arjan Si&#7749gh, a <i>pa&#7789v&#257r&#299</i>, who had caused the arrest of Master Mot&#257 Si&#7749gh in June 1922. He, along with B&#363&#7789&#257 Si&#7749gh and S&#257dh&#257 Si&#7749gh, of Pa&#7751&#7693or&#299 Nijjhr&#257&#7749, made attempts on the life of Arjan Si&#7749gh. He was also involved in the murders of B&#363&#7789&#257, <i>lambard&#257r</i> of Na&#7749gal Sh&#257m&#257&#7749, Haz&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh of Bahibalpur and L&#257bh Si&#7749gh, a <i>mistr&#299</i> of Ga&#7771hsha&#7749kar, who had had Kishan Si&#7749gh Ga&#7771gajj arrested in February 1923. Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh himself fell victim to a ruse. Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh, described as a "black sheep" of the Babar Ak&#257l&#299s, acting in collusion with a police sub inspector, Gulz&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, lured Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh to Mannanh&#257&#7751&#257 village, in Hoshi&#257rpur, where Mr Horton, the British superintendent of police, and his party reached on the midnight of 25-26 October 1923. Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh was overpowered but, displaying remarkable presence of mind, he had his hand released with a sudden jerk and crashed into one of the officers holding him, simultaneously pulling out the safety pin of the bomb which he always carried hidden around his waist. Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh was torn to pieces by the explosion, but so were his captors. Two head constables and three constables died on the spot, sub-inspector Gulz&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and another constable died at M&#257halpur on their way to hospital, and Mr Horton at Hoshi&#257rpur.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Babbar, Sundar Si&#7749gh, <i>Itih&#257s Babbar Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir</i>. Amritsar, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Nijjhar, Milkh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Babbar Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Delhi, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Nijjar, B. S. , <i>History of the Babbar Akalis</i>. Jalandhar, 1987<BR> <li class="C1"> Mohan, Kamlesh, <i>Militant Nationalism in the Punjab 1919-1985</i>. Delhi, 1985<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Kamlesh Mohan<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>