ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DUN&#298 CHAND 1</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="DUN*,CHAND"> <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">&#65279DUN&#298 CHAND, grandson of the well-known Bh&#257&#299 S&#257lho (d. 1628), a Dh&#257l&#299v&#257l Ja&#7789&#7789 of Maj&#299&#7789h&#257 in Amritsar district in the Punjab, was a <i>masand</i> of the Gur&#363's nominee in the M&#257jh&#257 area. A hefty man of immense bulk, Dun&#299 Chand led out a band of 500 warriors to Anandpur in 1700 when the R&#257jp&#363t hill chiefs had laid siege to the town. One day it was reported to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh that the besiegers were planning to use a drugged elephant the following morning to force open the gate of the Lohga&#7771h Fort. To quote Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur Bil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 X</i>, the Gur&#363 said, "I too have an intoxicated elephant, Dun&#299 Chand. When he goes forth like a lion, the enemy will quail before him. " The prospect of facing a mad elephant however unnerved Dun&#299 Chand, who decided to seek safety in desertion. As he along with a few of his companions was climbing down the wall of the fort, he fell and broke his leg. His men carried him back to his village where he soon died of snake-bite.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>