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<p class="C1">&#65279NIH&#256L SI&#7748GH &#256HL&#362V&#256L&#298&#256 (d. 1852), son of Fateh Si&#7749gh &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257, succeeded to the &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 chieftaincy on the death, in 1836, of his father. In his youth he was a favourite of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751jit Si&#7749gh and was the recipient of the towns of N&#363r Mahal and Kal&#257l M&#257jr&#257 and other occasional bounties. Upon succession, however, he was subjected to a fee of 1,000,000 Rupees. His younger brother, Amar Si&#7749gh, who lived in Lahore, conspired to usurp the <i>gadd&#299</i> and was encouraged in his ambition by the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 as well as by his minister, Dhi&#257n Si&#7749gh. Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh had some respite after the death of Amar Si&#7749gh in a boat accident in the R&#257v&#299.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	In the first Anglo-Sikh war, his sympathies lay with the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Darb&#257r. In spite of treaty obligations with the British, he afforded them little assistance. On the contrary, the &#256hl&#363v&#257l&#299&#257 troops fought on the side of the Sikhs both at Baddov&#257l and 'Al&#299val. He was penalized by the British by the confiscation of his territories south of the Sutlej, yielding an annual revenue of 5,65,000 rupees. Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh died on 13 September 1852.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i>. London, 1873<BR>
<li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">B. J. Hasrat<br></p><BR>
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