ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KARAM CHAND D&#298W&#256N (d.1836)</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="KARAM,CHAND,D*WN"> <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">&#65279KARAM CHAND, D&#298W&#256N (d.1836), son of Jav&#257l&#257 N&#257th who served as a <i>munsh&#299</i> (accountant) under the Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 <i>sard&#257rs</i>, Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh and Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh. Karam Chand was first employed by Bishan Si&#7749gh Kal&#257l, a confidential agent of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, who retired in the year 1813 to Ban&#257ras where he died. Karam Chand was in course of time promoted to offices of trust under the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257. In 1806, he was employed as an agent in the arrangements concluded between the Lahore State and the Sikh chiefs south of the Sutlej. He also assisted in drawing up the treaty of 25 April 1809 with the British Government. In 1809 he joined the accounts department under D&#299w&#257n Bhav&#257n&#299 D&#257s and continued in this position until his death in 1836.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His sons, T&#257r&#257 Ch&#257rd, Ma&#7749gal Sen and Ratan Chand, served the Sikh State in military and civil departments.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257I, <i>Umd&#257t-ut-Twar&#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">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>