ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#362&#7750AK (29º-49'N, 75º-53'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="MjFAK"> <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">&#65279M&#362&#7750AK (29º-49'N, 75º-53'E), an old village lying between the River Ghaggar and the P&#257t&#7771&#257&#7749 J&#257khal link road, in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ak&#257lga&#7771h P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 IX. The name Ak&#257lga&#7771h derives from the Ak&#257lga&#7771h Fort constructed at M&#363&#7751ak by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Amar Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 (1748-82). The village itself was renamed Ak&#257lga&#7771h by him. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur halted here briefly while on his way to Makora&#7771 and Dhamt&#257n. A Mañji S&#257hib established here later was served by a line of <i>mahants</i>. The present building, a square hall, with the square domed sanctum and decorative domes at the hall corners, was constructed in 1953 by a Sikh aristocrat, Harchand Si&#7749gh Jej&#299. The possession of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 passed to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1971, but about 15 acres of land, granted originally by the rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, remains with the erstwhile priests.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i> Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749 </i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi </i> [Reprint]. Kankhal, 1975<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>