ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>LAHI&#7750&#256 SI&#7748GH SARD&#256R (d.1893)</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="LAHIF,SIDGH,SARDR"> <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">&#65279LAHI&#7750&#256 SI&#7748GH, SARD&#256R (d.1893) a military commander during Sikh rule in the Punjab, came of a Soh&#299 Khatr&#299 family of Gharj&#257kh, a village adjacent to the town of Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 (now in Pakistan). His grandfather, Pañj&#257b Si&#7749gh was a trooper in the regiment of Sard&#257r Fateh Si&#7749gh K&#257lia&#7749v&#257l&#257, a general in the army of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. After Fateh Si&#7749gh's death in 1807 in the battle of Narai&#7751ga&#7771h, Pañj&#257b Si&#7749gh left his regiment to join another directly under Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's command, where he rose in rank and was given a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i>. His son, K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, was given the command of 500 horse and a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> worth 15,000 rupees a year. He remained in the service of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 for nine years and was dismissed on account of some discrepancies discovered in his accounts. K&#257hn Si&#7749gh then served successively under Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257, Atar Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257 and Colonel M&#299h&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, governor of Kashm&#299r. Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh was the youngest of the three sons of K&#257hn Si&#7749gh and Kishan Kaur. As he grew up, he joined army service under Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257. He married Chand Kaur, daughter of Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257. According to B&#257b&#257 Prem Si&#7749gh Hot&#299, <i>Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257</i>, Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh was present in Jamr&#363d Fort at the time of the general's death. Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh's family (including K&#257hn Si&#7749gh and his other sons) continued to receive royal patronage until the murder of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh in September 1843. R&#257j&#257 H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh, who then came into power, confiscated the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> and threw Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh and his elder brother, Fateh Si&#7749gh, into prison. Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh managed to escape and sought asylum in the <i>&#7693er&#257</i> of B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh of Naura&#7749g&#257b&#257d. The family was restored to their former position after the fall of H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh in December 1844. K&#257hn Si&#7749gh was killed during the first Anglo-Sikh war, and the family <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> was restricted to an annual revenue of 2,910 rupees. After the annexation of the Punjab to British dominions, the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> was resumed by the government and pensions in cash were granted to different members of the family. Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh's share was 360 rupees per annum. He, at the request of his mother-in-law, M&#257&#299 Des&#257&#7749, retired to live with the latter in Sard&#257r Har&#299 Si&#7749gh's <i>havel&#299</i> or mansion in the heart of Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 town. There, under the influence of a holy man, B&#257b&#257 Ratan Si&#7749gh, he turned to spiritual pursuit adopting a simple way of life, and came to be known as Sant Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh. He died at Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 in 1893. His widow, Sard&#257rn&#299 Chand Kaur, was allowed by government to draw half of his pension for her lifetime.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li class="C1"> Hot&#299, Prem Si&#7749gh, <i>Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257</i>. Lahore, 1937<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">&#256tamj&#299t Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>