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<p class="C1">&#65279M&#362L CHAND, BH&#256&#298, father-in-law of Gur&#363 N&#257nak, was a Cho&#7751&#257 Khatr&#299, resident of Ba&#7789&#257l&#257, who looked after the lands of the Randh&#257v&#257 Ja&#7789&#7789s of the village of Pakkhoke in present-day Gurd&#257spur district of the Punjab. He had a daughter of marriageable age named Sulakkha&#7751&#299 whom he betrothed to (Gur&#363) N&#257nak, then working as a <i>mod&#299</i> or storeholder for the Naw&#257b of Sult&#257npur Lodh&#299. The match was arranged through Bh&#257&#299 Jai R&#257m, husband of the Gur&#363's sister, B&#299b&#299 N&#257nak&#299, and the marriage was solemnized at Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 on 24 September 1487. Gurdw&#257r&#257 &#7693ehr&#257 S&#257hib, also known as Vi&#257h Asth&#257n Gur&#363 N&#257nak Dev J&#299, now marks the place where Bh&#257&#299 M&#363l Chand lived. The family later shifted to Pakkhoke Randh&#257ve where M&#257t&#257 Sulakkha&#7751&#299 came with her two sons to put up with her parents during Gur&#363 N&#257nak's absence from home. She re-joined him at Kart&#257rpur, opposite Pakkhoke across the River R&#257v&#299, where he had settled after his prolonged peregrinations.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i> Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth </i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
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</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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