ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>K&#256LH&#256 R&#256I</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="KLH,RI"> <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">&#65279K&#256LH&#256, R&#256I, feudatory chief of R&#257iko&#7789 in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district of the Punjab, was a contemporary of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708). Converted from Hinduism to Islam, the R&#257i's family were still among the admirers of the Gur&#363s. When Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, after his escape from Chamkaur, was passing through his territory, R&#257i Kalh&#257 received him warmly and served him with devotion. He sent one of his own men to Sirhind to bring news of the Gur&#363's mother and his two younger sons, while he himself attended upon the Gur&#363 who was then putting up at Lamm&#257&#7749-Ja&#7789pur&#257. As the messenger returned and narrated how the Gur&#363's sons had been executed under the orders of the Sirhind official, R&#257i Kalh&#257 was overwhelmed with grief. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh consoled him and before departing bestowed upon him three gifts a sword, a water-jug and a rack to hold a religious book for recitation. Kalh&#257 kept these articles as sacred relics and so did his son after him. But his grandson is said to have put on the sword during chase. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, he hurt himself with it while attempting to kill a deer and died of the wound thus sustained. In British days, a descendant of the family presented the sword to the English deputy commissioner of Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257. It was ultimately sent to England, where it was kept in the British Museum. The other two relics were preserved in the family until 1947 when it migrated to Pakistan.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR> <li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurbil&#257s Dasv&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i> . Lahore, 1912<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>