ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MIHR&#256 BH&#256&#298</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="MIHR,BH*"> <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">&#65279MIHR&#256, BH&#256&#298, a resident of Bak&#257l&#257, now called B&#257b&#257 Bak&#257l&#257 in Amritsar district of the Punjab, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind. According to <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i> , he built a new house and took a vow not to live in it until the Gur&#363 had once sanctified it with his footsteps. He went to Amritsar and conveyed to the Gur&#363 what he had in his mind. The Gur&#363's mother, M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257, recommended that Bh&#257&#299 Mihr&#257's wish be granted. Gur&#363 Hargobind travelled to Bak&#257l&#257 along with M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257, and stayed in the new house his disciple had built. After some days M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257 fell ill and died on 12 June 1628 in Bh&#257&#299 Mihr&#257's house. The site is still marked on the premises of the main <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> at B&#257b&#257 Bak&#257l&#257. Bh&#257&#299 Mihr&#257 lived long enough to witness the annointment, on 11 August 1664, of Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur as the Ninth Gur&#363.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sohan Kav&#299, <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<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"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Pati&#257l&#257, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M.A., <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>