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<p class="C1">&#65279KIRP&#256L CHAND KA&#7788OCH (d.1696) of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257, son of R&#257j&#257 Udai R&#257m Chand (1687-90) and the younger brother of R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand (1690-97) of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257. Kirp&#257l Chand was ambitious and adept in diplomacy. He is said to have incited R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand of Kahl&#363r to pick up a quarrel with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and expel him from his territory. On the other hand, he sent a messenger to the Gur&#363 requesting him to disregard the pretensions of the R&#257j&#257 of Kahl&#363r. However, he joined hands with the hill chiefs and fought against Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257n&#299 (AD 1688). In the battle of Nadau&#7751 (20 March 1691), he fought on the side of the Mu<u>gh</u>al commander, Alif <u>Kh</u>&#257n, and in the battle of Guler (20 February 1696) on the side of Husain <u>Kh</u>&#257n. Husain <u>Kh</u>&#257n was defeated and Kirp&#257l Chand Ka&#7789och killed in action.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>.<BR>
<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"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR>
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