ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>H&#256KIM R&#256I D&#298W&#256N (1803-1868)</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="HKIM,RI,D*WN,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">&#65279H&#256KIM R&#256I, D&#298W&#256N (1803-1868), whose forebears had served the Kanhaiy&#257 chiefs, was born the son of K&#257sh&#299 R&#257m in 1803. In 1824, he joined the army of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, but soon rose to the high civilian office of <i>d&#299w&#257n</i>. He became tutor to Ka&#7749var Nau Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh, the Mahar&#257j&#257's grandson, and held charge of his estates. In 1834, after the annexation of Pesh&#257war in which he took a leading part, he became the governor of &#7692er&#257 Ism&#257'&#299l <u>Kh</u>&#257n, &#7788o&#7749k, Bann&#363 and '&#298s&#257 <u>Kh</u>el. He played a conspicuous role in the Anglo-Sikh negotiations preparatory to the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n war of 1839. Upon Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's death in 1839, he was recalled to Lahore and appointed chief justice of the city. During the time of British residency, he was sent to Kashm&#299r (1846) to dissuade its governor, Shai<u>kh</u> Im&#257m ud-D&#299n, from the path of revolt. In 1847, he was appointed governor of Pesh&#257war, but was soon recalled owing to the hostile attitude of R&#257j&#257 Tej Si&#7749gh, who wanted to oust him from his <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> in Si&#257lko&#7789. During the second Anglo-Sikh war, D&#299w&#257n H&#257kim R&#257i sided with the rebel forces against the British. Consequently, all his estates were confiscated after the annexation of the Punjab and he was sent away a prisoner to the fortress of Chun&#257r. After four years of confinement, he was allowed to settle at Ben&#257ras. During the 1857 uprising he and his three sons helped the British, for which he was granted some <i>zam&#299nd&#257r&#299</i> rights and a house at Lucknow. He died in 1868.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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"> Latif, Syad Muhammad, <i>History of the Punjab</i>. Delhi, 1964<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">G. S. Chh&#257b&#7771&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>