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<p class="C1">&#65279DHARAM SI&#7748GH, SARD&#256R BAH&#256DUR (1881-1933), Sikh philanthropist, was born at the village of Kopr&#257, in Si&#257lko&#7789 district, now in Pakistan, on 18 January 1881. His father, Bh&#257&#299 Natth&#257 R&#257m, was a <i>sahajdh&#257r&#299</i> Sikh who became Natth&#257 Si&#7749gh after receiving the rites of <i>amrit</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Dharam Si&#7749gh learned Gurmukh&#299 characters at the village <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> from B&#257v&#257 Nar&#257ya&#7751 Si&#7749gh. He had a religious bent of mind, and could read fluently the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib before he was 8 years of age. For his primary education, he joined the Mission School, Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d, later passing his matriculation from <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 High School, Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257. In 1901, he qualified to be a sub-overseer from Thompson Engineering College, Roorkee, and got a job in Burma. In 1903, he was married to Sad&#257 Kaur of Sodhr&#257. In 1905, he returned to the Punjab, and took over as a sub-overseer on the Upper Jehlum Canal. In the Punjab, he came under the influence of Sant Atar Si&#7749gh of Mast&#363&#257&#7751&#257. In 1912, he resigned his government post to become a contractor. He supplied red stone for New Delhi buildings, including the secretariat and the viceregal lodge. In 1928, he was given by the British Government the title of Sard&#257r S&#257hib, followed by Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur in 1930. True to his name, Dharam Si&#7749gh helped humanitarian causes and contributed to public charity. For promoting education among the Sikhs, he founded a trust called Gur&#363 N&#257nak Vidya Bha&#7751&#7693&#257r. The trust runs a school of Sikh studies at Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj, New Delhi.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Sard&#257r Dharam Si&#7749gh died in Vienna (Austria) on 19 June 1933.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Dukh&#299, Munsh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>J&#299van Bh&#257&#299 S&#257hib Bh&#257&#299 Mohan Si&#7749gh J&#299 Vaid</i>. Tarn Taran, 1939<BR>
<li class="C1"> Vaid, Mohan Si&#7749gh, <i>Sajjan Vichho&#7771&#257</i>. Tarn Taran, 1933<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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