ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HIMMAT SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1661-1705)</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="HIMMAT,SIDGH,BH*,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">&#65279HIMMAT SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1661-1705), one of the Pañj Pi&#257re, or the Five Beloved, celebrated in Sikh history, was born in 1661 at Jagann&#257th in a low caste family of water suppliers. He came to Anandpur at the young age of 17, and attached himself to the service of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Bh&#257&#299 Himmat, as he was called before his initiation, was one of the five Sikhs who one by one offered to lay down their heads in response to the Gur&#363's successive calls made at an assembly of the Sikhs especially summoned on the occasion of Bais&#257kh&#299 of 1756 Bk corresponding to 30 March 1699. He along with the other four received the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's hands and was renamed Himmat Si&#7749gh. Himmat Si&#7749gh proved a brave warrior and while at Anandpur, he took part in battles with the surrounding hill chiefs and imperial commanders. He died in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Chhibbar, Kes&#257r Si&#7749gh, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299a&#7749 K&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Chandigarh, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>