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<p class="C1">&#65279GUL&#256B SI&#7748GH BA<u>KH</u>SH&#298 (d. 1716), originally a tobacco-seller B&#257&#7751&#299&#257 known by the name of Gul&#257b&#363, impressed with Band&#257 Si&#7749gh's armed victories, converted a Sikh, joined him as a soldier and rose to be paymaster of his army. He took part in various battles under his command. In the siege of Lohga&#7771h in December 1710, Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh decided to sacrifice his life to save the life of Band&#257 Si&#7749gh. Since he had a striking physical resemblance with him, he dressed himself in his fine garments and seated himself in his place. Band&#257 Si&#7749gh made his way through the imperial camp in the disguise of a Mu<u>gh</u>al soldier and fled towards N&#257han in the mountains. When on the morning of 11 December the royal troops entered the fortress, they took Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh for Band&#257 Si&#7749gh and made him a prisoner. There were great rejoicings, but soon it was discovered that the real Band&#257 Si&#7749gh had in fact escaped. In the words of <u>Kh</u>&#257f&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, "the hawk had flown and an owl had been caught." Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh was put in an iron cage and sent to Delhi where after several years of incarceration he was executed on 9 June 1716 along with Band&#257 Si&#7749gh and the last batch of his men captured at Gurd&#257s-Na&#7749gal.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Deol, G.S., <i>Banda Bahadur</i>. Jalandhar, 1972<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, <i>Life of Banda Singh Bahadur</i>. Amritsar, 1935<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh Deol<br></p><BR>
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