ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#256N SI&#7748GH JUSTICE (1887-1949)</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="MN,SIDGH,JUSTICE,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279M&#256N SI&#7748GH, JUSTICE (1887-1949), known as Bh&#257&#299 M&#257n Si&#7749gh up to his thirties, was born in 1887 at Amb&#257l&#257, now in Hary&#257&#7751&#257, the youngest of the three sons of Nand Si&#7749gh who had fought against the British in the second Anglo-Sikh war (1849) and had then worked under them as superintendent of excise. M&#257n Si&#7749gh, who became an orphan at a very young age, attended successively Mission High School and A.S. High School in his native town and later joined the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College at Amritsar. While at school he had founded an association of Sikh youth, <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Bhujha&#7749g&#299 Dal, and now in Amritsar he took a leading part in setting up <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Young-men Association and was the editor of its journal from 1905 to 1909. He was still reading for his B.A. final, when he was nominated a member of the Chief <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 D&#299w&#257n. After his graduation he joined the Law College at Lahore and, on completing his Bachelor's course, returned to Amb&#257l&#257 to start his legal practice. He was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly from the East Punjab Sikh Constituency in 1921.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1922, M&#257n Si&#7749gh shifted to Lahore and practised as a lawyer at the Punjab Chief Court. He was vice-president of the Chief <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 D&#299w&#257n from 1923 to 1925 and secretary of the reception committee of the Sikh Educational Conference session held at Lahore in 1926. He was legal adviser to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee from 1926 to 1929. From 1930 to 1932, he worked as an officiating judge of the High Court in Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 state. In 1935, he was appointed a judge of the Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Tribunal and president of the Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Judicial Commission. He worked in that capacity up to 1943 when he was appointed a member of the Judicial Committee in the princely state of Far&#299dkot. The Judicial Committee heard appeals arising from the judgements of the Far&#299dko&#7789 High Court. M&#257n Si&#7749gh retained this position until the formation of Pati&#257l&#257 and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) in 1948. In November 1948, he was appointed an officiating judge of the newly established High Court of PEPSU.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides his legal work, M&#257n Si&#7749gh translated into Punjabi verse two Sanskrit classics <i>Vikramorva&#347&#299</i> by K&#257lid&#257sa and <i>Vair&#257gya &#346ataka</i> by Bhartr&#299hari. He also contributed articles regularly to several of the Sikh magazines and newspapers. Among the tracts he wrote in Punjabi was <i>Science te Astikt&#257</i> which became popular reading. His translation of <u>Kh</u>y&#257m's Rub&#257'&#299&#257t remained unfinished.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M&#257n Si&#7749gh died at Pati&#257l&#257 on 7 January 1949.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><i><u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Sam&#257ch&#257r</i>, 13 January 1949<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh; Cha&#7751&#7693iga&#7771h<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>