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<p class="C1">&#65279JHAB&#256L KAL&#256&#7748 (spelt Chab&#257l in Survey of India maps), village 15 km west of Tarn T&#257ran (31º-27'N, 74º-56'E) in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who came here to perform the marriage of his daughter, B&#299b&#299 V&#299ro, on 26 Je&#7789h 1686 Bk/ 24 May 1629. During the Mu<u>gh</u>al times Jhab&#257l fell on the main Delhi-Lahore highway and the road junction here was known as M&#257&#7751ak Chowk. The shrine established at the spot consecrated by Gur&#363 Hargobind's stay on the western edge of the village came to be called Gurdw&#257r&#257 M&#257&#7751ak Chowk. It is now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#299b&#299 V&#299ro S&#257hib. Constructed, according to local tradition, during the eighteenth century, the building comprises a square marble floored hall, with the sanctum in the middle. Above the sanctum there are two storeys of square rooms topped by a dome with a gold plated pinnacle. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Jhab&#257l has also produced some eminent personalities of Sikh history such as Bh&#257&#299 La&#7749g&#257h, M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go, Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh, the leader of the K&#257ro&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257 <i>misl</i>, and the three Jhab&#257l&#299&#257 brothers, Amar Si&#7749gh, Sarmukh Si&#7749gh and Jaswant Si&#7749gh who took a leading part in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> commemorating M&#257&#299 Bh&#257go has been constructed within the compound of Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#299b&#299 V&#299ro S&#257hib.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR>
<li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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