ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>LAKKH&#298 SH&#256H</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="LAKKH*,SHH"> <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">&#65279LAKKH&#298 SH&#256H or LAKKH&#298 R&#256I (d. 1680), son of Godh&#363 R&#257m, a Y&#257doba&#7749s&#299 R&#257jp&#363t of the Ba&#7771ht&#299&#257 clan, belonged to village of <u>Kh</u>airpur in the present Muzaffarga&#7771h district of Pakistan. Also described as a <i>bañj&#257r&#257</i> or roving trader, he was an affluent man with a permanent residence in Delhi. He was a disciple of the Gur&#363s. According to <i>Shah&#299d Bil&#257s Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh</i>, his daughter was married to Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 R&#257m of 'Al&#299pur, near Mult&#257n, in 1659. As Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's body lay in the Ch&#257ndn&#299 Chowk after execution, Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h, accompanied by his son Nag&#257h&#299&#257, passed along the site with his convoy of carts and, assisted by Bh&#257&#299 Dh&#363m&#257 son of K&#257nh&#257, carried off the headless trunk in one of them. Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257 had already escaped with the head under cover of the dust storm then raging through the city. The body was taken to Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h's residence in R&#257isin&#257 village. Since open cremation would not have been practicable, the entire house along with the body was set aflame. A part of the remains of the burnt body was placed in an urn and buried. With the other part of the ashes, Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h went to Anandpur. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh blessed him for his devotion and service and consigned the ashes to the River Sutlej. Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh, one of the <i>misl</i> leaders, raised on the site in Delhi, in 1783, a shrine now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h died at Delhi on Je&#7789h <i>sud&#299</i> 11, 1737 Bk/28 May 1680.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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"> Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, ed., <i>Shah&#299d Bilas</i>. Ludhiana, 1961<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<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>