ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JA&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH NALV&#256</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 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">&#65279<i>JA&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH NALV&#256</i>, attributed to Bh&#257&#299 K&#257hn Si&#7749gh of Ba&#7749g&#257, is an incomplete poem, in Punjabi, narrating the Sikh general's successful military campaign against the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns (1835-37) . The only known manuscript, with some pages missing both at the beginning and at the end, was preserved in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, under MS. No 5854 until 1984. Now it is available in published form in an anthology entitled <i>Pr&#257ch&#299n V&#257r&#257&#7749 te Ja&#7749gn&#257me</i> edited by Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok and brought out by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1950. <i>Ja&#7749gn&#257m&#257 Sard&#257r Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257</i> begins with the birth of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh whose career is traced up to his succession to the leadership of the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 <i>misl</i> after the death of his father, Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, in 1792. After briefly touching upon Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's success in suppressing the feudal chiefs, the poet shifts over to the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n challenge in the mid-thirties of the nineteenth century to the authority of the Sikh monarch. With a view to bringing Pesh&#257war effectively under control, the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 resolved to send Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 to lead the campaign to subdue the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns who had invaded the territory from beyond the <u>Kh</u>aib&#257r Pass. The account deals with Har&#299 Si&#7749gh's march to Pesh&#257war, minor skirmishes with the tribals and the decisive battle against them and their ally, Dost Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n. Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 and his small contingent of men were surprised in the Fort of Jamr&#363d by the forces of Dost Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n. The action that ensued is narrated in vivid detail. Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257 falls fighting, and the poet pays full homage to his spirit of courage and heroism.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, <i>Prach&#299n V&#257r&#257&#7749 te Ja&#7749gn&#257me</i>. Amritsar, 1950<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">&#256tamj&#299t Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>