ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JASVANT SI&#7748GH R&#256J&#256 (1775-1840)</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="JASVANT,SIDGH,RJ,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">&#65279JASVANT SI&#7748GH, R&#256J&#256 (1775-1840), succeeded his father, R&#257j&#257 Ham&#299r Si&#7749gh, to the throne of N&#257bh&#257 in 1783 at the age of eight, under the guardianship of his stepmother, M&#257&#299 Deso, a very resourceful and energetic woman. In 1790, after the death of M&#257&#299 Deso, he assumed the reins of government into his own hands. Jasvant Si&#7749gh conducted protracted campaigns, first against J&#299nd and then against Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, to regain disputed territory for his state. His feud with J&#299nd ended in 1789 with the death of the J&#299nd chief, Gajpat Si&#7749gh. With the help of General Perron of the Mar&#257&#7789h&#257 service; he succeeded in checking the advance of the Irish adventurer, George Thomas. In 1804, he entered into alliance with Lord Lake against Jasvant R&#257o Holkar. In 1805, R&#257j&#257 Jasvant Si&#7749gh in company with R&#257j&#257 Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh of J&#299nd appealed to Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh to arbitrate his dispute with Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and though the dispute was not resolved, Jasvant Si&#7749gh was able to extend his territory with grants from Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. Despite these favours, Jasvant Si&#7749gh joined hands with the other Sutlej princes under the treaty of 1809. Jasvant Si&#7749gh helped the British in the Gurkh&#257 war in 1814 as well as in the K&#257bul campaign in 1838.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R&#257j&#257 Jasvant Si&#7749gh was a popular prince much loved by his subjects. Writing about him, Sir David Ochterlony, British diplomat and soldier, said, "Jaswant Si&#7749gh is one of the principal Sirdars under our protection and by far superior in manner, management, and understanding to any of them I have yet seen." Sir Lepel Griffin considered him "the nearest approach to the civilized among the whole set of rude barons."</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R&#257j&#257 Jasvant Si&#7749gh died at N&#257bh&#257 on 22 May 1840.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i> [Reprint]. Delhi, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, <i>The Patiala and East Panjab States Union</i>. Patiala, 1951<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>