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<p class="C1">&#65279MAHIT&#256B SI&#7748GH MAJ&#298&#7788H&#298&#256 (1811-1865), General in the Sikh army, son of Amar Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257 junior). Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh started his career as a <i>s&#363bahd&#257r</i> in the irregular Sikh cavalry of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. In 1831, he was promoted Colonel and posted as commandant of Sikh troops stationed at Amritsar. He served in the Pesh&#257war campaign in 1834, and, in 1839, in the campaign against the Afr&#299d&#299s and other trans-Indus tribes. In 1841, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh made him a General and gave him command of the Sikh troops stationed at Pesh&#257war. After the assassination of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh and Dhi&#257n Si&#7749gh in September 1843, he returned to Lahore and helped H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh against the Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257 <i>sard&#257rs</i> and was amply rewarded. But when H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh and his favourite Jall&#257 fled Lahore, his troops accompanied those of Sard&#257r Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 and Misr L&#257l Si&#7749gh, who went in pursuit of them in December 1844, and put them to death.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	In 1844, General Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh commanded four battalions of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and a <i>top<u>kh</u>&#257n&#257</i>, light artillery. Under the regency of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur, he was nominated (December 1844) a member of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Supreme Council, along with General Mev&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257. In March 1845, General Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh proceeded with his troops to Bhimbar, where the chief, R&#257j&#257 Faiz Talab <u>Kh</u>&#257n, had joined Prince Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh who had risen in revolt. General Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh defeated the Bhimbar chief, and soon afterwards Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh capitulated to his troops at Si&#257lko&#7789.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh fought in the first Anglo-Sikh war against the British. But in the second, he and his brother Mit Si&#7749gh fought on the side of the British against R&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh. He was confirmed in his <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> and he resided at the village of Maj&#299&#7789h&#257 up to the time of his death in 1865. He owned houses at Lahore as well as at Amritsar. It was at Amritsar that he was, in 1862, created an honorary magistrate.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore,1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Balwant Si&#7749gh, <i>The Army of Maharaja Ranjit Si&#7749gh</i>. Lahore, n.d.<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">B. J. Hasrat<br></p><BR>
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