ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUL&#256B SI&#7748GH GHOL&#298&#256 SANT (1853-1936)</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,SIDGH,GHOL*,SANT,Person,Person"> <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 SI&#7748GH GHOL&#298&#256, SANT (1853-1936), Sikh saint and scholar, was born in 1853 to Bh&#257&#299 Dal Si&#7749gh and Dharam Kaur of Bha&#7789&#7789&#299v&#257l&#257, a village 6 km south of Bhav&#257n&#299ga&#7771h, in the present Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab. He received his early education in the village <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i>, and then spent five years at the <i>&#7693er&#257</i> of Bh&#257&#299 R&#257m Si&#7749gh, at M&#257&#7751&#363ke, in Far&#299dko&#7789 district, learning <i>k&#299rtan</i> and studying the Sikh texts. Realizing that, to properly comprehend and interpret certain theological terms used in the Scripture, knowledge of Sanskrit was essential, he shifted, in 1873, to the village of &#7692hap&#257l&#299 (now in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district), where he apprenticed himself to Gi&#257n&#299 Anokh Si&#7749gh. He studied Sanskrit and Ved&#257nta with him for ten long years. But his thirst for knowledge was still unquenched, and he went to Rish&#299kesh to read further in the classics under Pa&#7751&#7693it Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh and Pa&#7751&#7693it Advait&#257nand. He also acquired knowledge of Indian medicine. The Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 reform was already under way and there was great enthusiasm among the Sikhs to spread the correct Sikh doctrine and practice. Sant Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh decided to devote himself to preaching the Gur&#363's word. He travelled extensively in pursuit of his mission. Once, in 1890, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ruler of the princely state of N&#257bh&#257, met him at Pray&#257g (All&#257h&#257b&#257d) and invited him to settle down in his state, but he declined the offer. Likewise, he declined to take over the <i>&#7693er&#257</i> at M&#257&#7751&#363ke, after the death of Bh&#257&#299 R&#257m Si&#7749gh. He eventually moved to Ghol&#299&#257 Khurd, 5 km north of M&#257&#7751&#363ke, where, in 1907, he established a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> which henceforth became the centre of his activities. His active participation in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement commenced in 1914 with the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj agitation. Later, he was elected, unopposed, a member of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee and was nominated to its religious sub-committee. He was one of the Pañj Pi&#257re who inaugurated <i>k&#257r-sev&#257</i> at the Amritsar pool on 4 H&#257&#7771 1980 Bk/17 June 1923.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In his old age, Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh Gholi&#257 built a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>, Anand Bhavan, at Mog&#257 where he died on 3 July 1936.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Vis&#257kh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Sant-Sip&#257h&#299, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Itih&#257s</i>, vol. II. Kishanpura Kalan (Firozpur), n.d.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>