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<p class="C1">&#65279KIRP&#256L CHAND, son of Bh&#257&#299 L&#257l Chand Subhikkh&#299 and brother of M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299, mother of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. He began his career as a soldier in Gur&#363 Har R&#257i's army and maintained close contact with Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur during his long years of seclusion at Bak&#257l&#257. He was one of those who protected the Gur&#363's person against armed attack by the <i>masand</i> Sh&#299h&#257&#7749. He served Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh as treasurer and camp organizer. While Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur went farther into Bengal and Assam, Kirp&#257l Chand remained at Pa&#7789n&#257 to look after the family, and later, on the way back, he escorted his newly born son, Gobind R&#257i, and the ladies from Pa&#7789n&#257 to Anandpur. After Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's martyrdom he practically occupied for several years the position of the guardian of the young Gur&#363 and managed the affairs of the household under the care of M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299 and M&#257t&#257 N&#257nak&#299. His valour in the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 is applauded by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in his <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kirp&#257l Chand outlived Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and after him undertook the responsibility of managing the holy shrines at Amritsar. The date of his death is not known.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<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"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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