ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MORI&#7750&#7692&#256 (30º-47'N, 76º-29'E)</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="MORIF "> <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">&#65279MORI&#7750&#7692&#256 (30º-47'N, 76º-29'E), also called B&#257g&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257, an old village in Ropa&#7771 district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Shah&#299dgañj. On 7 December 1705, as Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh along with his two elder sons and a handful of disciples, was locked in an unequal battle with the besieging hordes at Chamkaur, his aged mother, M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299, and the two younger sons, betrayed by their domestic servant, Ga&#7749g&#363, were taken into custody at Khe&#7771i (now Sahe&#7771i) and brought to Mori&#7751&#7693&#257 by J&#257n&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n and Man&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the Ra&#7749gha&#7771 headmen. They were despatched the next day to Sirhind where they were bricked alive in a wall and then executed on 13 Poh 1762 Bk/ 12 December 1705 (27 December now according to new calendar). The place where they were interned at Mori&#7751&#7693&#257 is now marked by Gurdw&#257r&#257 Shah&#299d Gañj.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the end of 1763, the Dal <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, before advancing on Sirhind, attacked and destroyed Mori&#7751&#7693&#257. J&#257n&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n and Man&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n and their entire male progeny were killed .</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gurdw&#257r&#257, in the western part of the town, is said to have been built by R&#257j&#257 Bh&#363p Si&#7749gh of Ropa&#7771, who also donated a plot of garden-land to it. The present buildings are in a walled compound entered through a double-storeyed gateway. The <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, with a square sanctum in the middle, stands on a raised base. Buildings for the <i>La&#7749gar</i> and for residential accommodation are in a separate enclosure. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol 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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>