ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MOT&#256 SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1902-1921)</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="MOT,SIDGH,BH*,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">&#65279MOT&#256 SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1902-1921), one of the Nank&#257n&#257 S&#257hib martyrs, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Har&#299 Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 &#7788h&#257kar&#299, R&#257md&#257s&#299&#257 Sikhs, weavers by profession, originally of Bass&#299 village in Hoshi&#257rpur district, who had migrated for better living to Chakk No. 18 Baho&#7771&#363 in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district (now in Pakistan). Mot&#257 Si&#7749gh was born on 15 Poh 1959 Bk/28 December 1902 in his mother's village Th&#257ndhev&#257l&#257 in F&#299rozpur district. As he grew up, he learnt enough Gurmukh&#299 to be able to read the Sikh <i>granth</i> fluently. He took the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 <i>p&#257hul</i> and inspired his parents to have the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib in their own home where members of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Bar&#257dar&#299 (an association of Sikhs belonging to the so-called lower castes) began to assemble to listen to <i>gurb&#257&#7751&#299</i> recited and explained by him. He was drawn into the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement and had himself registered as an Ak&#257l&#299 volunteer. On 19 February 1921, he was all dressed up and ready to go to bring home his bride when the call was received for the liberation of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Janam Asth&#257n. He joined the Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299 group in the same dress and fell a martyr the following morning in the reckless shooting in the compound of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Janam Asth&#257n.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i> Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib , 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>