ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MALLA&#7750</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="MALLAF"> <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">&#65279MALLA&#7750, village 15 km southwest of Jaito (30º-26'N, 74º-53'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 R&#257msar P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 X, one km north of the village where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh is said to have stopped for a short while travelling towards Khidr&#257n&#257, now Muktsar, in December 1705. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, a flat-roofed hall inside a walled compound entered through a steel gate, is maintained by the village <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Malla&#7751 rose to prominence during the Ak&#257l&#299 agitation at Jaito, 1923-25. The Sikh bands comprising 25 volunteers each which set out daily from Muktsar, resolved to reach Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ga&#7749gsar at Jaito to resume the <i>akha&#7751&#7693 p&#257th</i> or continuous recitation of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib interrupted by N&#257bh&#257 state authorities, made an overnight halt in this village.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1981<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>