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<p class="C1">&#65279GUL&#256B R&#256I and his brother Shy&#257m Si&#7749gh, sons of D&#299p Chand, grandsons of S&#363raj Mall and great-grandsons of Gur&#363 Hargobind, resided with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708) at Anandpur. At the time of the evacuation of Anandpur in 1705, the Gur&#363 sent them with a letter of introduction to the R&#257j&#257 of N&#257han, who gave them a village for their maintenance. When the situation so permitted, they returned to Anandpur, Gul&#257b R&#257i purchasing the town from the R&#257j&#257 of Bil&#257spur. Gul&#257b R&#257i restored the place to its former position as a centre of Sikh faith, but he started pretending to be the Gur&#363. Sitting at the place where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh used to sit with the <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, he accepted obeisance and offerings of the devotees. Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Ud&#257s&#299, whom Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had left behind in Anandpur to look after the shrines and who was now staying at the one sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, taxed him in vain with heresy and, according to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, cursed him with the discontinuance of his line. Gul&#257b R&#257i's four sons predeceased him and he himself died of grief. His wife managed the <i>gadd&#299</i> or seat for some time but soon died having bequeathed the <i>gadd&#299</i> to Surjan Si&#7749gh (d. 1815), a grandson of Shy&#257m Si&#7749gh.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257ri<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M.A., <i>The Sikh Religion</i>, Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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