ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GAHAL (locally pronounced Gailh)</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="GAHAL"> <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">&#65279GAHAL (locally pronounced Gailh), village on the right bank of the Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 branch of Sirhind Canal, 30 km north of Barn&#257l&#257 (30º-22'N, 75º-32'E) in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i (1630-61), who once made a brief halt here during his travels in the M&#257lv&#257 country. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Har R&#257i S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VII, situated in a spacious compound in the northeastern part of the village, comprises a square sanctum, with a domed room above it and a hall in front. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is endowed with landed property and is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During the Va&#7693&#7693&#257 Ghall&#363gh&#257r&#257 or the Great Holocaust of 5 February 1762, the badly mauled, yet unvanquished, Sikh column is said to have passed through Gahal on its way to Barn&#257l&#257. A memorial shrine in honour of the Ghall&#363gh&#257r&#257 martyrs has been raised in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 compound. Sant Channa&#7751 Si&#7749gh, president of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, laid, on 22 February 1967, the cornerstone of the building which was completed in May 1971.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li 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>