ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PAÑJ MUKTE</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="PAÑJ,MUKTE"> <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">&#65279PAÑJ MUKTE, Iit . five (<i>pañj</i>) liberated ones (<i>mukte</i>), is how a batch of five Sikhs, who according to Bh&#257&#299 Day&#257 Si&#7749gh's <i>Rahitn&#257m&#257</i>, were the first after the Pañj Pi&#257re to receive the rites of <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 initiation at the hands of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on the historic Bais&#257kh&#299 day of AD 1699. They were R&#257m Si&#7749gh, Fateh Si&#7749gh, Dev&#257 Si&#7749gh, Tahil Si&#7749gh and &#298sar Si&#7749gh. According to Bh&#257&#299 Chaup&#257 Si&#7749gh, the <i>Rahitn&#257m&#257 Haz&#363r&#299</i>, usually ascribed to him, was originally drafted by the <i>mukt&#257s</i>. No other details of these five are available except that an old manuscript of Bh&#257&#299 Prahil&#257d Si&#7749gh's <i>Rahitn&#257m&#257</i> is said to contain a note associating R&#257m Si&#7749gh and Dev&#257 Si&#7749gh with the village of Bughi&#257&#7751&#257, in Lahore district, &#7788ahil Si&#7749gh and &#298sar Si&#7749gh with Dall-V&#257&#7749, in present-day Amritsar district and Fateh Si&#7749gh with <u>Kh</u>urdpur M&#257&#7749ga&#7789, perhaps the same as Gur&#363 M&#257&#7749ga&#7789 in Lahore district. The name of R&#257m Si&#7749gh also occurs among the twenty five <i>mukte</i> mentioned in Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. According to Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh Kaushish, <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, a Bha&#7789&#7789 source, Dev&#257 Si&#7749gh and &#298sar Si&#7749gh fell martyrs in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala,1968.<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>