ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>MOT&#298 R&#256M D&#298W&#256N (1770-1837)</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*,RM,D*WN,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&#298 R&#256M, D&#298W&#256N (1770-1837), was the only son of D&#299w&#257n Muhkam Chand, one of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's most trusted army generals. Mot&#299 R&#257m officiated as the governor of the Jalandhar Do&#257b during the absence of his father on military expeditions. After the death of his father in 1814, he was confirmed as governor of the Jalandhar Do&#257b. In 1818, Mot&#299 R&#257m participated in the successful Mult&#257n campaign. He became the first governor of Kashm&#299r when in 1819 the territory was conquered and annexed to the Sikh kingdom, but he became so heart-broken after the death of his son, R&#257m Di&#257l, killed in the battle of Haz&#257r&#257 in 1820, that he resigned his post and retired to Ban&#257ras to live the life of a recluse. However, the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 recalled him after an year and sent him again to Kashm&#299r as governor which post he held up to 1826. He returned to Lahore and was assigned to protocol duties. He accompanied the Sikh mission to wait on Lord Amherst, the Governor-General of India, when he came to Shiml&#257 for the first time in 1827. In 1831 also he was a member of the mission sent from Lahore to meet Lord William Bentinck.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1831, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh granted to D&#299w&#257n Mot&#299 R&#257m in <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> Kuñj&#257h, his ancestral home-town, and several villages around it worth over three lakh rupees annually. Court machinations led D&#299w&#257n Mot&#299 R&#257m in 1832 to take leave of his royal master and to proceed to Ban&#257ras where he died in February 1837.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, ' <i> Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li class="C1"> Griffin, Sir Lepel, <i> The Punjab Chiefs </i>. Lahore, 1890<BR> <li class="C1"> Latif, Syad Muhammad, <i> History of the Panjab </i>. Calcutta, 1891<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i> Ranjit Singh Maharajah of the Punjab </i>. London, 1962<BR> <li class="C1"> Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, <i> Life and Times of Ranjit Singh </i>. Hoshiarpur, 1978<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Har&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>