ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FATEH SI&#7748GH K&#256LI&#256&#7748V&#256L&#256 (d. 1807)</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="FATEH,SIDGH,KLIDVL"> <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">&#65279FATEH SI&#7748GH K&#256LI&#256&#7748V&#256L&#256 (d. 1807), military commander and <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh was the son of Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh and grandson of Jaimal Si&#7749gh. Jaimal Si&#7749gh was a Sandh&#363 Ja&#7789&#7789 and the first in the line to embrace the Sikh faith. He was a resident of K&#257l&#257 village in Amritsar district. In the troops of the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 chiefs, Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh and Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, he had fought against the Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257s inhabiting the northern part of Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district. In one of the skirmishes with the Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257s he lost both of his sons, Jai Si&#7749gh and Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh. Fateh Si&#7749gh entered the service of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh in 1797, and rapidly rose in the favour of his master. He was a brave and skilful soldier and took part in almost every campaign undertaken by the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 during his early career. He fought against <u>Gh</u>ul&#257m Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257 and against Jodh Si&#7749gh of Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d. He was with the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 at the time of the capture of the city of Lahore in 1799. He participated in the Kas&#363r (1801) and Jha&#7749g (1806) campaigns. Fateh Si&#7749gh conquered Chinio&#7789 from Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh Bha&#7749g&#299 and, when Jha&#7749g was taken in 1806 from Ahmad <u>Kh</u>&#257n Si&#257l, the district was leased to him. When towards the close of 1806, Qutb ud-D&#299n <u>Kh</u>&#257n of Kas&#363r raised the banner of revolt, Fateh Si&#7749gh K&#257li&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 was sent against him. In 1807, Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, after a visit to Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, besieged the fort of Narai&#7751ga&#7771h held by Sard&#257r Kishan Si&#7749gh. Fateh Si&#7749gh, who was in immediate command, assaulted the fort, but was repulsed and mortally wounded. He died on 25 October 1807.</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-Tw&#257r&#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"> Khushwant Singh, <i>A History of the Sikhs,</i> vol. I, Princeton, 1963<BR> <li class="C1"> Sinha, N.K., <i>Ranjit Singh</i>, Calcutta, 1933<BR> <li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times</i>, Delhi, 1990<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jat&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>