ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HUKAM SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (d. 1921)</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="HUKAM,SIDGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279HUKAM SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1921), son of Bh&#257&#299 Ghana&#299y&#257 Si&#7749gh &#7692hillo&#7749 and M&#257&#299 Har Kaur of the village of &#7692i&#7749gari&#257&#7749 in Jalandhar district, was born at his mother's house in Haz&#257r&#257 village in the same district and spent his early childhood there under the care of his maternal grandfather, Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh, an educated and dedicated Sikh. But Hukam Si&#7749gh himself remained illiterate. By the time he reached his paternal home he had grown up into a strong and lusty youth. He was married at the age of 14.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the opening of the Lower Chen&#257b Canal Colony, the family got land and settled permanently in Chakk No. 91 Dhann&#363&#257&#7751&#257 in Lyallpur district. Early during the 20th century Hukam Si&#7749gh, during one of his biennial pilgrimage visits to Anandpur S&#257hib, received the rites of <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 <i>p&#257hul</i>. Every year he visited the holy Nank&#257&#7751&#257. As time went by, he grew increasingly conscious of the maladministration of the shrines and of the depravity of the mahants who controlled them. Most notorious among them was Mahant Narai&#7751 D&#257s, custodian of the holy Nank&#257&#7751&#257. As the call for the liberation of the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 rang out, Hukam Si&#7749gh forthwith joined the <i>jath&#257</i> of Bh&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Si&#7749gh Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299, and attained martyrdom on 20 February 1921. <i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE. His widow declined with humility a family pension offered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>