ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JAV&#256L&#256 SI&#7748GH PA&#7692H&#256&#7750&#298&#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 NAME="keywords" CONTENT="JAVL,SIDGH,PA HF*"> <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">&#65279JAV&#256L&#256 SI&#7748GH PA&#7692H&#256&#7750&#298&#256 alias LAKHD&#256T&#256 (d. 1835), a Sandh&#363 Ja&#7789&#7789 of the village of Pa&#7693h&#257&#7751&#257, in Lahore district, was a military commander in Sikh times. His father, Mit Si&#7749gh (d. 1814), had joined service under Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 and continued to serve under his son Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, taking part in several of his military campaigns. Sohan L&#257l S&#363r&#299, the official Lahore diarist, lists Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh, among the principal <i>sard&#257rs</i> of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257. Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh following in his father's footsteps, took part in the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's M&#257lv&#257 campaign of 1807 and in expeditions of Mult&#257n (1818), Kashm&#299r (1819) and Manker&#257 (1821). He was put in charge of the fortress of Attock which he, with a handful of troops, successfully guarded against Af<u>gh</u>&#257n onslaughts. In 1829, Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh suffered a stroke of paralysis and retired from active service. A brave soldier, he was a man of generous disposition. Many stories are current of his generosity towards <i>faq&#299rs</i>, Br&#257hma&#7751s and indigent persons. It is recorded that he rescued from custody D&#299w&#257n Bais&#257kh&#257 Si&#7749gh a <i>k&#257rd&#257r</i> under Ka&#7749var Sher Si&#7749gh, by paying his entire fine of over one lakh of rupees whereafter he came to be known as Lakhd&#257t&#257 (dispenser of lakhs or millions).</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh, who was married to the elder sister of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur, laid out an extensive garden midway between Lahore and the Bad&#257m&#299 B&#257<u>gh</u>, which became the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's favourite resort. He often held his court there and received foreign dignitaries.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jav&#257l&#257 Si&#7749gh died in 1835.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>, Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li 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">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>