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<p class="C1">&#65279JODH SI&#7748GH ROS&#256 (d. 1819), military commander during Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's regime, had joined service in the time of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's grandfather, Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh. He rebuilt the old village of Ros&#257, in Ch&#363n&#299&#257&#7749 <i>parganah</i> of Lahore. His father, &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, had died in the expedition led against Kas&#363r in 1765 by the Sikh Sard&#257rs, Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Bha&#7749g&#299, Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh R&#257mga&#7771h&#299&#257 and Jai Si&#7749gh Kanhaiy&#257. After the death of Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh, Jodh Si&#7749gh retained his appointment at Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 under Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh and Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, and in 1799, he accompanied the latter to Lahore, when the city was captured. Jodh Si&#7749gh served under Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh in the Kas&#363r, Pi&#7751&#7693&#299 Bha&#7789&#7789&#299&#257&#7749 and Jha&#7749g campaigns, in the last of which he obtained, for his bravery, a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> in Jha&#7749g district. He was shortly afterwards severely wounded at the siege of Chinio&#7789.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Jodh Si&#7749gh was killed in 1819 during the Kashm&#299r campaign. He had seven sons all of whom served the Sikh Darb&#257r in various capacities. Three of his sons --- Day&#257 Si&#7749gh, D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh and Mard&#257n Si&#7749gh --- were killed in action at Ferozesh&#257h on 21 December 1845 while fighting against the British in the first AngloSikh war.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Prem Si&#7749gh, B&#257b&#257, <i><u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 R&#257j de Usraiyye</i>. vol. II. Hoti Mardan, 1944<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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