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<p class="C1">&#65279GAUHAR SI&#7748GH (d. 1763), a Siddh&#363 Ja&#7789&#7789 was founder of the famous village of A&#7789&#257r&#299 in Amritsar district. Dh&#299r&#257, son of Jagmal, an ancestor of Gauhar Si&#7749gh, was the first of the family to migrate to Mehr&#257j-Ph&#363l area, in present-day Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district, from Jaisalmer about the year 1580. About 1735 the family scattered; some of them settled in Jagr&#257o&#7749 area, whereas Gauhar Si&#7749gh and his brother Kaur Si&#7749gh moved on to the interior of the Punjab with twenty-five horsemen. They reached Amritsar, took <i>p&#257hul</i> or the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 and entered the service of Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh Ro&#7771&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 of the Bha&#7749g&#299 <i>misl.</i> Gauhar Si&#7749gh became a disciple of B&#257v&#257 M&#363l D&#257s, an ascetic of great sanctity, and on the saint's direction settled at the site of present-day village of A&#7789&#257r&#299. There he built a big house on a mound which came to be called <i>a&#7789&#257r&#299</i> --- a tall house. From <i>a&#7789&#257r&#299</i> village as well as the family came to be known as A&#7789&#257r&#299. Gauhar Si&#7749gh served under the Bha&#7749g&#299 <i>sard&#257rs,</i> Gujjar Si&#7749gh and Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh, after the death of Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh Ro&#7771&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257. He died in 1763. His son Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh continued to hold the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> under S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bha&#7749g&#299, son of Gujjar Si&#7749gh.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Seetal, Sohan Singh, <i>The Sikh Misals and the Punjab</i>. Ludhiana, n.d.<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F.Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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