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<p class="C1">&#65279GURMUKH SI&#7748GH GI&#256N&#298, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1843), a man of letters and an influential courtier in Sikh times, was the son of the celebrated scholar, Bh&#257&#299 Sant Si&#7749gh, who had been the custodian of Sr&#299 Darb&#257r S&#257hib at Amritsar. Gurmukh Si&#7749gh was trained in Sikh religious lore at Amritsar under the care of his father. When the father, saddened by the death of his younger brother, Gurd&#257s Si&#7749gh, quit his office and retired to Amritsar to devote himself to reading and expounding the Scripture, Gurmukh Si&#7749gh succeeded to his position at the court. He took over his father's work at Sr&#299 Darb&#257r S&#257hib after the latter's death in 1832. His influence at the court however diminished during the time Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh held the reins of power.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	After the death of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh and Prince Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh in November 1840, Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh took up the cause of Ka&#7749var Sher Si&#7749gh. On the die being cast in favour of R&#257&#7751&#299 Chand Kaur, he was one of those who signed the document for her regency, but went over to Sher Si&#7749gh as soon as he arrived in Lahore in the second week of January 1841. On assuming the throne, Sher Si&#7749gh treated Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh with great consideration bestowing upon him liberal <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh fell a prey to courtly intrigue soon after the death in September 1843 of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh. H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh &#7692ogr&#257 who had gained power during the reign of minor Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh had him seized and assassinated and confiscated his family <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i>. His sons were also taken into custody, placed in chains and treated with cruelty.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257I, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>&#8221, Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Smyth, G. Carmichael, <i>A History of the Reigning Family of Lahore</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">J. S. Khur&#257n&#257<br></p><BR>
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