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<p class="C1">&#65279FATEH SI&#7748GH &#256HL&#362V&#256L&#298&#256 (d. 1836), son of Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh, and a grand-nephew of Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257, leader of the &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 <i>misl </i> and of the Dal <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, who in 1758 proclaimed the sovereignty of the Sikhs in the Punjab. Fateh Si&#7749gh succeeded to the &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 chiefship in 1801. He was the chosen companion of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, with whom he in 1802 exchanged turbans in a permanent bond of brotherhood. Fateh Si&#7749gh took part in almost all the early campaigns of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh  --- Kas&#363r (1802-03), M&#257lv&#257 (1806-08), K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 (1809), Mult&#257n (1818), Kashm&#299r (1819) and Manker&#257 (1821). He fought in the battle of Haidr&#363 (1813) and held command in the Bhimbar, R&#257jaur&#299 and Bah&#257walpur expeditions. In 1806, Fateh Si&#7749gh acted as the plenipotentiary of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh and signed the first Anglo-Sikh treaty with Lord Lake at the time when the Mar&#257&#7789h&#257 chief, Jasvant R&#257o Holkar, had sought shelter in the Punjab.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Close association with the ruler of Lahore brought Fateh Si&#7749gh ample rewards. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 had bestowed upon him the districts of D&#257kh&#257, Ko&#7789, Jagr&#257o&#7749, Talva&#7751&#7693&#299, Narai&#7751ga&#7771h and R&#257ipur after his M&#257lv&#257 campaigns. He possessed extensive territories on both sides of the Sutlej yielding an annual revenue of 1,76,000 rupees in 1808; in 1836, his territories were estimated to be worth 16,00,000 rupees annually.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The cordiality between the two chiefs was strained by Fateh Si&#7749gh's direct communications with the British over the question of Bhirog and Ko&#7789l&#257 chiefships, the construction by him of a strong citadel at  &#298s&#7771&#363 and his constant pleas for British protection. Feeling unsafe at Lahore, Fateh Si&#7749gh fled across the river in 1825 to his cis-Sutlej territory and sought British protection. Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh promptly seized his trans-Sutlej possessions, but showed willingness to forgive him if he returned to Lahore.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The rift between the &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 chief and Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of Lahore was, however, soon repaired. Fateh Si&#7749gh returned to Lahore in 1827, and the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 received him with honour restoring to him all his possessions. Later in his life, Fateh Si&#7749gh lived at Kap&#363rthal&#257 where he died in October 1836.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His  Times</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR>
<li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>Ranjit Singh : Maharajah of the Punjab. 1780-1839</i>. Bombay, 1962<BR>
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