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<p class="C1">&#65279MAGGHAR SI&#7748GH, SANT (1890-1924), Sikh divine who attracted a local following, came of a Bhullar Ja&#7789&#7789 family of R&#257mga&#7771h village, near Jagr&#257o&#7749, in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district of the Punjab. His grandfather had died fighting against the British in the battle of &#8216Al&#299v&#257l (28 January 1846) during the first Anglo-Sikh war. Magghar Si&#7749gh was born on 13 December 1890 to Sobh&#257 Si&#7749gh and Nand Kaur, a simple peasant couple with a religious bent of mind. He himself grew up a devoted Sikh of pious habits under the influence of Sant Atar Si&#7749gh of Mast&#363&#257&#7751&#257. He was tall and sturdily built and enlisted, on 2 January 1911, in the British Indian army as a field gunner, seeing action in France during World War I. After the war was over, he had himself released on 24 November 1919 and returned to his native R&#257mga&#7771h where he established a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> and began to preach against the current social evils, recalling to his audiences the simple teachings of the Gur&#363s. With his <i>k&#299rtan&#299 jath&#257</i> or choir who sang Sikh hymns, he travelled round the M&#257lv&#257 region spreading the Gur&#363's word. In the Ak&#257l&#299 agitation in the early twenties Sant Magghar Si&#7749gh espoused the cause of the reformers and joined hands with Sant Gi&#257n&#299 Sundar Si&#7749gh of Bhi&#7751&#7693ar Kal&#257&#7749 in launching a campaign for the liberation of the historical shrines at Muktsar and Hehr&#257&#7749.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Sant Magghar Si&#7749gh died at village Dherk&#257 in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district on 4 December 1924. According  to his own wish, his body was cremated the following day near Gurdw&#257r&#257 &#7788&#257hl&#299&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib at R&#257iko&#7789 which he had raised in his lifetime.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Vas&#257kh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Sant, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Kishanpura, 1954.<BR>
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