ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>NADAU&#7750 BATTLE OF</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="NADAUF,BATTLE"> <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">&#65279NADAU&#7750, BATTLE OF, fought on 20 March 1691 between an imperial expeditionary force aided by R&#257j&#257 Kirp&#257l Chand of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 and R&#257j&#257 Dy&#257l of B&#299jha&#7771v&#257l in the &#346iv&#257lik hills on the one hand and several other neighbouring chieftains who enjoyed the support of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on the other. The hill barons taking advantage of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b's preoccupation with Mar&#257&#7789h&#257 insurgency in the South had neglected to pay their annual tributes into the imperial treasury. Early in 1691 orders were issued to Hifzullah <u>Kh</u>&#257n alias M&#299&#257&#7749 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Governor of Jamm&#363, to realize the arrears. M&#299&#257&#7749 <u>Kh</u>&#257n despatched a punitive force under Alif <u>Kh</u>&#257n. Two of the chieftains, R&#257j&#257 Kirp&#257l Chand and R&#257j&#257 Dy&#257l, submitted without opposition and in fact became Alif <u>Kh</u>&#257n's allies. R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand of Kahl&#363r (Bil&#257spur), who rallied the rest of the rulers to make resistance, solicited Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh for help. The Gur&#363 came to his assistance with a body of his chosen Sikhs. The two armies met at Nadau&#7751 on the left bank of the River Be&#257s, 32 km southeast of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 and 12 km from the temple town of Jav&#257l&#257mukh&#299. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh described in his autobiographical poem, <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>, the action that took place. As the enemy, he says, advanced with Dy&#257l and Kirp&#257l in the van, a fierce battle commenced. It however did not take long to decide the issue. "The Almighty God hastened the end of the fight and the opposing host was pushed back into the river... Alif <u>Kh</u>&#257n fled in utter dis&#257rray leaving his camp to take care of itself..."Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 D&#257sv&#299&#7749 on the west bank of the River Be&#257s commemorates the battle. The sanctum, a 6-metre square room with doors on four sides, has a dome with a brass pinnacle. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a raised platform. The present building was got constructed by R&#257i Bah&#257dur Bais&#257<u>kh</u>a Si&#7749gh in 1929. The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, which took over control of the shrine in 1935, now administers it through a local committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i> Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak </i>.<BR> <li class="C1"> Sain&#257 Pat, <i> Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257 </i> (ed. Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh). Patiala, 1967<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i> Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10 </i> (ed. Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok). Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Sev&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Shah&#299d Bil&#257s </i>. (ed. Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh) Ludhiana, 1961<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i> Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 </i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i> Gur&#363 k&#299&#257n S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749 </i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Nirañjan Si&#7749gh S&#257th&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>