ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURDIT SI&#7748GH SANDH&#256&#7748V&#256L&#298&#256</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="GURDIT,SIDGH,SANDHDVL*"> <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">&#65279GURDIT SI&#7748GH SANDH&#256&#7748V&#256L&#298&#256, the youngest of the four sons of &#7788h&#257kur Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257, who led the campaign for the restoration of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh to the throne of the Punjab and who was prime minister of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's <i>emigre</i> government set up in Pondicherry, was barely in his teens when he crossed over to the French territory with his father. Of the three brothers of Gurdit Si&#7749gh, Gurbachan Si&#7749gh had been adopted by his uncle Part&#257p Si&#7749gh, Ba<u>kh</u>sh&#299sh Si&#7749gh had been adopted by a collateral Shamsher Si&#7749gh, and Narendra Si&#7749gh (married to the daughter of R&#257o Umr&#257o Si&#7749gh of Ku&#7789esar) lived with his father-in-law at Meerut and was adopted by Ka&#7749var Dharam Si&#7749gh of D&#257dr&#299. Gurdit Si&#7749gh was, thus, the only legal heir to &#7788h&#257kur Si&#7749gh. After the death of &#7788h&#257kur Si&#7749gh, Gurbachan Si&#7749gh applied for forgiveness of the government for himself and his brothers which was granted in 1890. On his return to British India, Gurdit Si&#7749gh lived at M&#257na&#7749v&#257l&#257, in Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district, and inherited a virtually bankrupt estate. His petition (jointly with his brothers) for the restoration of the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> was rejected. At the time of the resumption of the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i>, the British government had allowed the sons of &#7788h&#257kur Si&#7749gh an allowance of Rs 100 per mensem to be divided equally among the three brothers. After Independence, Gurdit Si&#7749gh's sole surviving son, Pr&#299tam Si&#7749gh, received in compensation a politicial sufferer's grant of Rs 6,000 from the Punjab government.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Gand&#257 Singh ed., <i>History of the Freedom Movement in the Panjab (Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondence</i>) . Patiala, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">K. S. Th&#257par<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>