ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MOT&#256 SI&#7748GH SARD&#256R BAH&#256DUR (b. 1814)</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,SARDR,BAHDUR"> <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, SARD&#256R BAH&#256DUR (b. 1814), son of M&#363l R&#257j (d. 1819), entered the service of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh in 1832, and was placed in the battalion of Col. Van Cortlandt. In 1837, he received a command in the Calcutt&#257v&#257l&#257 Battalion, but, in 1842, was re-placed under Col. Van Cortlandt. He was made adjutant in 1844. After the first Anglo-Sikh war, he was transferred to the S&#363raj Mukh&#299 Regiment; at the time of the outbreak in Mult&#257n he was adjutant of that corps stationed at &#7693er&#257 Ism&#257'&#299l <u>Kh</u>&#257n. He served throughout the second Anglo-Sikh war. On the annexation of the Punjab, he was appointed adjutant of the 7th Police Battalion, which he assisted to raise and organize. In September 1857, he succeeded Col. Subh&#257n <u>Kh</u>&#257n, commanding the 1st Punjab Police Battalion, stationed at Lahore. His regiment guarded jails, treasuries and civil offices, and preserved peace in the city of Lahore. He was honoured with the Star of British India, and the title of Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur, and granted 600 acres of waste land in Lahore district and a life pension of Rs 3,000 per annum.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffin, Lepel and C. F. Massy, <i> Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab </i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>