ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KESAR SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1893-1921)</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="KESAR,SIDGH,BH*,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279KESAR SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1893-1921), one of the martyrs of Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib, was born on 3 Bh&#257don 1950 Bk/17 August 1893, the son of Bh&#257&#299 P&#257l Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Lachchh&#299 of Chakk No 38 Niz&#257mpur Dev&#257 Si&#7749ghv&#257l&#257, in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district. He made his living by cattle-grazing. Blessed with a sweet singing voice, he used to recite Sikh hymns in the village <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> and snatches from Gi&#257n&#299 Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh Kal&#257sv&#257l&#299&#257's versified accounts of Sikh martyrs at lay gatherings. When the call came from Nank&#257&#7751&#257, Bh&#257&#299 Kesar Si&#7749gh, ignoring the protestations of his family, joined Bh&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Si&#7749gh Dh&#257rov&#257li's <i>jath&#257</i> which was massacred to a man on 20 February 1921.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>