ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DHANN&#256 SI&#7748GH MALVA&#298 (1775-1843)</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,MALVA*,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 MALVA&#298 (1775-1843), soldier and <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> under Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, belonged to the village of Mau&#7771 in N&#257bh&#257 territory. Mall Si&#7749gh, Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh's father, who was the first in the family to be initiated a Sikh, left his village about 1760 and entered the service of Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 as a <i>sow&#257r</i>. He was killed in a campaign in the northwest. His son, Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh, left Mau&#7771 in 1793 and took up service with S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bha&#7749g&#299 of Gujr&#257t. About the year 1800, he enlisted himself in the force of Fateh Si&#7749gh K&#257li&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 as a trooper, and soon rose in his favour, obtaining an independent command. He fought in the K&#257li&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 contingent in Pi&#7751&#7693&#299 Bha&#7789&#7789&#299&#257n&#775 and Kas&#363r campaigns. On the death in 1807 of Fateh Si&#7749gh K&#257li&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 at Narai&#7751ga&#7771h in Amb&#257l&#257 district, Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh entered the service of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. In 1810, he fought against Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n of S&#257h&#299v&#257l, receiving a wound in the face. He was one of the agents sent by Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh to Waz&#299r Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n of K&#257bul to arrange an interview between the two which took place in December 1812 at Jehlum. In July 1813, he fought in the battle of A&#7789&#7789ock, when Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n B&#257rakza&#299 was defeated by D&#299w&#257n Mohkam Chand. He accompanied the detachment of R&#257m Di&#257l and Dal Si&#7749gh Nahern&#257 in the first expedition against Kashm&#299r. He distinguished himself in the siege of Mult&#257n in 1818, the jewelled sword and shield of the defending Naw&#257b, Muzaffar <u>Kh</u>&#257n, falling into his hands. In 1819, he took part in the final Kashm&#299r expedition and in 1821 in the siege of M&#257nker&#257. He was present at the capture of Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r&#257 Fort and at the battle of &#7788er&#299 in 1823, and remained on duty for some time in the Pesh&#257war district under the command of Buddh Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257 and Prince Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh. In 1837, he took part in the battle of Jamr&#363d.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh enjoyed great esteem in the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's court. There were few <i>sard&#257rs</i> whose influence was greater or whose advice was better regarded. He was sent on some political <i>embassies</i> and was a member of the mission which called on Lord William Bentinck at Shiml&#257 in April 1832. He was granted several <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> by the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 who also secured him at his request his ancestral village, Mau&#7771, in 1819. Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh died in May 1843. His sons, Bachittar Si&#7749gh (d. 1840) and Hukam Si&#7749gh (d. 1846), held prominent positions in the Lahore Darb&#257r.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut -Twar&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <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"> Ganda Singh, <i>The Punjab in 1839-40</i>. Patiala, 1952<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>The Fall of the Kingdom of the Punjab</i>. Bombay, 1962<BR> <li class="C1"> Chopra, G. L. , <i>The Panab as a Sovereign State</i>. Hoshiarpur, 1960<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>