ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MAHAR&#256J&#256 RA&#7750J&#298T SINGH J&#298BAN VRITT&#256NTA</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 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">&#65279<i>MAHAR&#256J&#256 RA&#7750J&#298T SINGH J&#298BAN VRITT&#256NTA</i>, by Brahmamohan Mallick, is a monograph in Be&#7749g&#257l&#299 on the life of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh (1780-1839). Published in1862, within a quarter of a century of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257's death, it is one of the earliest biographies of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 written in any language. The book is divided into eight chapters, the first one dealing with the social and political milieu in which Gur&#363 N&#257nak (1469-1539), founder of the Sikh faith, preached his message, and second with the ancestry and birth of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. His early military exploits form the subject matter of the third chapter, bringing the story of the career of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 up to the Anglo-Sikh treaty of 1809. Chapters IV to VI record his further conquests. Conquests of the late 1820's together with Burnes' visit to Lahore form the central theme of the seventh chapter. The monograph, concludes with an estimate of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 as an able administrator and nation-builder.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Mukhop&#257dhy&#257y, Harimohan, <i>Bang&#257 Bh&#257s&#257r Lekhak</i>. Calcutta, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Gupta, Jogendranath, <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Calcutta, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"> Gupta, Bipin Beh&#257r&#299, <i>Pur&#257tan Prasa&#7749ga</i>. Calcutta, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"> Mitra, Subal Kum&#257r, <i>Saral Bangl&#257 Abidh&#257n</i>. Calcutta, 1923<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Him&#257dr&#299 Banerjee<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>