ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>D&#298P&#256LPUR (30º-40'N, 73º-32'E)</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="D*PLPUR"> <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">&#65279D&#298P&#256LPUR (30º-40'N, 73º-32'E), <i>tahs&#299l</i> (sub-division) town of Montgomery (or S&#257hiw&#257l) district of Pakistan, was, according to <i>Miharb&#257n Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, visited by Gur&#363 N&#257nak (1469-1539) on his way back from P&#257kpa&#7789&#7789an to Talva&#7751&#7693&#299. According to local tradition, the Gur&#363 sat under a dead <i>p&#299pal</i> tree on the southeastern outskirts of the town. The tree foliated. Gur&#363 N&#257nak is also said to have cured a leper named N&#363r&#299 or Naura&#7749g&#257. The <i>p&#299pal</i> tree and the grave of Naura&#7749g&#257 still existed near the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Pahil&#299 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299, D&#299p&#257lpur, in 1947 when the shrine was abandoned following the partition of the Punjab.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In D&#299p&#257lpur were also preserved a cot and a wooden chest believed to have been mementos bestowed upon one Natth&#363 R&#257m - the first one by Gur&#363 Har R&#257i and the second by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. They were the proud possessions of his family which lived in D&#299p&#257lpur until 1947.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">&#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<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>