ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KO&#7788 KAP&#362R&#256 (30º-35'N, 74º-49'E)</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="KOl,KAPjR"> <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">&#65279KO&#7788 KAP&#362R&#256 (30º-35'N, 74º-49'E), town in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, was founded by Chaudhar&#299 Kap&#363r&#257 (d.1708), a Br&#257&#7771 chief in the country south of the River Sutlej and an ancestor of the Far&#299dko&#7789 family. When after evacuating Anandpur Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh arrived here in December 1705 pursued by the <i>faujd&#257r</i> of Sirhind, Kap&#363r&#257 met him with presents and provided him with a guide to lead him to the pool of Khidr&#257&#7751&#257, now Muktsar, across a waterless waste. Chaudhar&#299 Kap&#363r&#257, who subsequently had himself initiated into the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 fold receiving the name of K&#257p&#363r Si&#7749gh, was assassinated in 1708 by 'Is&#257 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Mañjh R&#257jp&#363t chief of Ko&#7789 '&#298se <u>Kh</u>&#257n in F&#299rozpur district. His grandson, Jodh Si&#7749gh, built a fort near Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 in 1766, but fell the following year in a battle with R&#257j&#257 Amar Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 eventually came under the control of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh and was restored to the Far&#299dko&#7789 family only in 1847.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasv&#299&#7749, in the middle of the town, marks the site where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had put up camp on reaching here in 1705. The present building, the cornerstone of which was laid by R&#257j&#257 Harindar Si&#7749gh of Far&#299dko&#7789 on 30 January 1937, comprises an octagonal sanctum in the centre of a high-ceilinged, marble-floored hall which has an octagonal interior but looks square-shaped from the outside with only its corners slightly slashed to give it four additional sides. A large semi-globular dome covers the entire sanctum and a verandah encircles the hall. The <i>sarovar</i> at the back is also octagonal in shape. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by Niha&#7749gs of the Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Dal.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Guru T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Kankhal, 1975<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>