ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>N&#256N&#362 BH&#256&#298</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="NNj,BH*"> <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">&#65279N&#256N&#362, BH&#256&#298, a Sikh contemporary of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, was, according to Bha&#7789&#7789 Vah&#299 Mult&#257n&#299 Sindh&#299, the son of B&#257gh&#257, a Chh&#299mb&#257 (linen-printer) resident of Mohall&#257 (ward) Dilv&#257l&#299 Sikh&#257&#7749 in the city of Delhi. According to Kesar Si&#7749gh Chhibbar, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257</i>, it was Bh&#257&#299 N&#257n&#363 who reclaimed the severed head of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur from Ch&#257ndan&#299 Chowk, the site of the Gur&#363's execution in November 1675, and, accompanied by Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257, a Ra&#7749ghre&#7789&#257 Sikh, also of Delhi, carried it to Anandpur, where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh cremated it with due honour. Bh&#257&#299 N&#257n&#363 who later took the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 and became N&#257n&#363 Si&#7749gh, was, according to Bha&#7789&#7789 sources, killed in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705. His two sons, Gharb&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Darb&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, were also in the retinue of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Gharb&#257ra Si&#7749gh laid down his life fighting in the battle of Agamga&#7771h Fort, near Anandpur, on 31 August 1700.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Kesar Si&#7749gh Chhibbar, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257valin&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972.<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>