ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUL&#256B CHAND</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="GULB,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">&#65279GUL&#256B CHAND, son of Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dh&#363 of village Mall&#257, in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, and B&#299b&#299 V&#299ro, daughter of Gur&#363 Hargobind (1595-1644), fought along with his four brothers in the battle of Bha&#7749ga&#7751&#299 (18 September 1688), near P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 in present-day Him&#257chal Pradesh, in which two of his brothers, Sa&#7749gr&#257m Sh&#257h and J&#299t Mall, were killed. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh describes Gul&#257b Chand, in his account of the battle in his poetical work, <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>, as a mighty hero "whose face lightened up at the prospect of joining action on the field of battle."</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<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>