ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#256&#7750AK CHAND J&#298VA&#7770&#256</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="MFAK,CHAND,J*VAZ"> <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&#256&#7750AK CHAND J&#298VA&#7770&#256, a Pathar&#299&#257 Khatr&#299 of the village of Vairov&#257l, now in Amritsar district of the Punjab, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. He lovingly contributed the labour of his hands to digging the B&#257ol&#299, or open well with steps going down to water level, at Goindv&#257l. In the course of: digging, Sikhs came across a stratum of hard rock. As the last layer was in the end pierced, water suddenly gushed forth drowning M&#257&#7751ak Chand who had struck the final blow. There was great commotion among the Sikhs standing around the well. They seized M&#257&#7751ak Chand's body as the water subsided, and carried it to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. Everyone except the Gur&#363 took him for dead. M&#257&#7751ak Chand did survive and the Gur&#363 blessed him calling him <i>J&#299va&#7771&#257</i>, the living one. He was made head of a <i>mañj&#299</i> or head of a religious seat. His descendants living in Vairov&#257l are still called J&#299va&#7771&#257s.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M.A., <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Dil<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>