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<p class="C1">&#65279HARCHARAN D&#256S (b. 1815), youngest of the five sons of Misr Ral&#299&#257 R&#257m, began public life as an assistant in the customs department under the Sikh government of Lahore. During the <i>waz&#257rat</i> of R&#257j&#257 H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh &#7692ogr&#257, he was made commandant of 700 horse in the M&#363lr&#257j&#299&#257 &#7692er&#257. In 1848, he was appointed by the Lahore Darb&#257r an Ad&#257lat&#299 or judge of Lahore with the honorary title of Rukn ud-Daulah, i.e. honoured member of the empire. After the annexation of the Punjab, he was appointed by the British an extra assistant commissioner which office he resigned in 1852. He resided at Amritsar and had a <i>ser&#257i</i> (inn) built at his own expense for public welfare between the city of Amritsar and Lahore.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
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