ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURMAT PRACH&#256RAK LA&#7770&#298 </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="GURMAT,PRACHRAK,LAZ*"> <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">&#65279GURMAT PRACH&#256RAK LA&#7770&#298 (series of books to propagate the Sikh way of life) was founded in 1919 at R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 by Gi&#257n&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh, an adept in traditional Sikh learning and an influential political leader. In this series, Gi&#257n&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh planned to publish one book every month in Punjabi and one book every quarter in Urdu on Sikh history and theology or presenting in simple translation portions of the <i>gurb&#257&#7751&#299</i>. The first book in this category was Gi&#257n&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh's own <i>Gur&#363 Granth te Panth</i>, published in December 1919. To ensure regularity in publication, Gi&#257n&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh acquired a printing press and appointed for its management Bh&#257&#299 N&#257nak Si&#7749gh, who later rose to fame as a Punjabi novelist. For more efficient functioning, he shifted the headquarters from R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 to Lahore, but work for the Gurmat Prach&#257rak La&#7771&#299 could not be sustained for more than a few months. Soon after the launching of the series, the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement started and Gi&#257n&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh drifted into active politics.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides <i>Gur&#363 Granth te Panth</i>, other books issued in the series were <i>Dharam Darpa&#7751</i>, in three parts; an exposition of <i>&#256s&#257 d&#299 V&#257r; Kha&#7751&#7693e d&#299 Dh&#257r</i>, a biography of Gur&#363 Hargobind; <i>Deg Teg d&#257 M&#257lak</i>, a biography of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh; and <i>Nitnem Sa&#7789&#299k</i>, exposition of the <i>b&#257&#7751&#299s</i> that every Sikh is enjoined to recite daily, namely <i>Japu, J&#257p S&#257hib, Savaiye, Chaupa&#299, Anand S&#257hib, Rahr&#257si and K&#299rtan Sohil&#257</i>.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>