ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>NAND CHAND</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="NAND,CHAND"> <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">&#65279NAND CHAND, of the village of &#7693araul&#299 Bh&#257&#299, who had been a playmate of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, served as a <i>masand</i> or officiant and later as the Gur&#363's <i>d&#299w&#257n</i>, looking after his accounts and stores. His grandfather, Umar Sh&#257h, was a <i>mas&#257nd</i> during the time of Gur&#363 Arjan. Nand Chand is said to have had prepared under his supervision the famous drum, Ra&#7751j&#299t Nag&#257r&#257. Tradition also goes that he was deputed by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh to go to Sr&#299nagar (Ga&#7771hv&#257l) with wedding presents worth one and a quarter lakh of Rupees for R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h's daughter. The presents were refused by R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h on the instigation of R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand. When Nand Chand was returning home, R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand's men tried to intercept and forcibly seize the gifts, but Nand Chand foiled the attempt and reached P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 S&#257hib safely. In the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257ni in 1688, he fought valiantly. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh recalls his feats in his <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i> : "Nand Chand rushed into the fray in a rage, wielding his spear and brandishing his sword. As the sword broke, he drew out his dagger and with great determination saved the honour of the So&#7693h&#299 race."</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, Nand Chand in the end faltered in his devotion. It is said that an Ud&#257s&#299 <i>s&#257dh&#363</i> brought a newly calligraphed copy of the holy Granth S&#257hib to Anandpur to be signed by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Nand Chand retained that copy with him and refused to return it to the Ud&#257s&#299, who made a complaint to the Gur&#363. The <i>d&#299w&#257n</i>, feeling ashamed, escaped from Anandpur and took asylum with Dh&#299r Mall at Kart&#257rpur who, taking him for a spy, had him murdered. The copy of the Granth S&#257hib which Nand Chand is said to have carried with him is preserved at &#7693araul&#299 Bh&#257&#299, his ancestral village.</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"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s Dasv&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Lahore, 1912<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>