ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JASS&#256 SI&#7748GH NAUSHEHR&#256 NA&#7748GL&#298 (b. 1793)</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="JASS,SIDGH,NAUSHEHR,NADGL*"> <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">&#65279JASS&#256 SI&#7748GH NAUSHEHR&#256 NA&#7748GL&#298 (b. 1793), son of K&#257hn Si&#7749gh was born to Shergil Sikh family of Naushehr&#257 Na&#7749gal, a village in Amritsar district. One Chaudhar&#299 Sarv&#257n&#299, a descendant of Sher, founder of the tribe, built the village of Naushehr&#257, also called R&#257ipur Sarv&#257n&#299, during the reign of Emperor Sh&#257h Jah&#257&#7749. The emperor allowed him to hold it free of rent as a remuneration for the collection of revenue from the districts around it. The family retained the office of <i>chaudhar&#299at</i> for several generations and continued collecting revenue and depositing it into the imperial treasury till at last Mirz&#257 Si&#7749gh grandfather of Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh, joined the Kanhaiy&#257 Sard&#257rs about 1752. Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh's father first served the Kanhaiy&#257s and, after their fall, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. When Des&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257 took over governorship of the hill districts lying between the Be&#257s and the R&#257v&#299, both Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh and his father served under him, performing military as well as civil duties. Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh held charge of the Golden Temple at Amritsar for two years under Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257. He continued to be in the employ of the Sikh government until the advent of the British who dispensed with his services. He was allowed to retain lands worth Rs 2, 800 annually, mainly in Gurd&#257spur district. His son, Harn&#257m Si&#7749gh, served as deputy inspector of police under the British.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>