ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MADAN SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (d. 1705)</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="MADAN,SIDGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279MADAN SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1705), one of the martyrs of Chamkaur (7 December 1705), was, according to local tradition popular in and around Bhag&#7771&#257&#7751&#257 in Fatehga&#7771h S&#257hib district of the Punjab, the son of Bh&#257&#299 Di&#257l&#257, a weaver of that village. Bh&#257&#299 Di&#257l&#257 had received instruction fro its Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur at Chakk N&#257nak&#299 (Anandpur S&#257hib) and had also served the Gur&#363 when the latter had travelled through the territory. His two sons, Madan and K&#257&#7789h&#257 (or Ko&#7789h&#257, according to some sources), later went to Anandpur to be in the service of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. They received the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 in 1699 and became Madan Si&#7749gh and K&#257&#7789h&#257 (Ko&#7789h&#257) Si&#7749gh. Madan Si&#7749gh who served in the Gur&#363's stables, is also said to have been a poet of some merit. The two brothers trained as soldiers, too. They were among the forty-odd warriors who, after the evacuation of Anandpur and crossing of the rivulet Sars&#257 in spate, could reach Chamkaur in the company of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh even as the hostile force was in hot pursuit. As Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh hastily took shelter in a fortified house at Chamkaur and deployed his meager force for its defence, Madan Si&#7749gh and Ko&#7789h&#257 Si&#7749gh were posted to guard the entrance gate. The small fortress was soon surrounded by the Mu<u>gh</u>al host who at daybreak the following morning (7 December 1705) opened their attack with an assault on the gate. The two brothers defended it by firing from inside it as long as their ammunition lasted, and then with the Gur&#363's permission sallied forth, swords in hand, and died fighting just out-side the gate. The memorial shrine later es-tablished to mark it is now called Sh&#257h&#299d Burj, lit. martyrs' tower. The tower also commemorates, among other martyrs, Bh&#257&#299 J&#299van Si&#7749gh Ra&#7749ghre&#7789&#257, who had fallen earlier on the bank of the Sars&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n,Parampr&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinh</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR> <li class="C1"> Nayyar, Gurbachan Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Gur Ratanm&#257l arth&#257t S&#257u S&#257kh&#299</i>. Patiala, 1985<BR> <li class="C1"> Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Nirañjan Si&#7749gh S&#257th&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>