ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>LA&#7748GAR CHHANN&#298</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="LADGAR,CHHANN*"> <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">&#65279LA&#7748GAR CHHANN&#298, a village in Amb&#257l&#257 district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, about 13 km southeast of Amb&#257l&#257 cantonment (30º-21'N, 76º-50'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. According to local tradition, the Gur&#363 halted in this village while travelling from Haridv&#257r to Lakhnaur S&#257hib along with the members of his family. La&#7749gar Chhann&#299 at that time was inhabited by Ra&#7749gha&#7771 Muslims, and, at the place where the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur S&#257hib stands now, there was a <i>tak&#299&#257h</i> or seat of Muslim faq&#299rs. Even long after the Gur&#363's visit the place continued to be called a <i>tak&#299&#257h</i>. During the period following the fall of Sirhind in 1764, this territory around Kesar&#299 and Sh&#257hz&#257dpur was seized by Sard&#257r Karam Si&#7749gh of the Shah&#299d <i>misl</i>. Later, a Sikh family, Chahals of village Bal&#257&#7751&#257, 7 km southwest of Amb&#257l&#257 city, came and settled in La&#7749gar Chhann&#299. The memory of the Gur&#363's visit to the place was still alive. The old <i>tak&#299&#257h</i> in the course of time gave place to a <i>&#7693er&#257</i> where <i>s&#257dh&#363s</i> of Ud&#257s&#299 and Nirmal&#257 sects resided. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 was established during the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement in the 1920's. The present building was raised in 1938. It consists of a single flat-roofed rectangular room, with a verandah and a small brick-paved open space in front. An old <i>n&#299m</i> tree which stands near by is believed to have existed since the time of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's visit. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by a committee of the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>