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<p class="C1">&#65279KARO&#7770&#256 SI&#7748GH (d. 1761), founder of the Karo&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257 principality of the Sikhs, was a Virk Ja&#7789&#7789 belonging to the village of Bark&#299 in the district of Lahore. He had been forcibly converted to Islam during the time of Naw&#257b Zakar&#299y&#257 <u>Kh</u>&#257n. He, however, re-joined the Sikh faith receiving the rites of initiation at the hands of D&#299w&#257n Darb&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh. Karo&#7771&#257 Si&#7749gh generally confined his activities to the tract lying south of the K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 hills in Hoshi&#257rpur district. In 1759, after the death of &#256d&#299n&#257 Beg <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Karo&#7771&#257 Si&#7749gh killed &#256d&#299n&#257's <i>d&#299w&#257n</i> Bishambhar Mall, and seized considerable territory, including places such as Hoshi&#257rpur, Har&#299&#257&#7751&#257 and Sh&#257m Chaur&#257s&#299. Karo&#7771a Si&#7749gh was killed at Tar&#257o&#7771&#299, near Karn&#257l, fighting against the Naw&#257b of Kuñjpur&#257 in 1761.</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"> Seetal, Sohan Singh, <i> The Sikh Misals and the Panjab </i>. Ludhiana, n.d.<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i> History of the Sikhs </i>, vol.IV. Delhi, 1982<BR>
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