ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PAÑJ&#256B SI&#7748GH RIS&#256LD&#256R MAJOR (d. 1869)</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="PAÑJB,SIDGH,RISLDR,MAJOR"> <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&#256B SI&#7748GH, RIS&#256LD&#256R MAJOR (d. 1869), soldier in the Sikh army and, upon the occupation of the Punjab in 1849 ,in the army of the British, was the grandson of Jodh Si&#7749gh (d. 1837), a <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> or feudatory of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ranj&#299t Si&#7749gh, and the grandfather of Sard&#257r Sir Jogendra Si&#7749gh (1877-1946), who became famous as a writer and statesman. He was born the son of Gurmukh Si&#7749gh at Ras&#363lpur, in present-day Amritsar district, in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Pañj&#257b Si&#7749gh joined the <i>gho&#7771cha&#7771h&#257s</i> or irregular cavalry of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh in 1834. After the annexation of the Punjab to British dominions and the consequent dissolution of the Sikh army, he was enlisted, on 4 May 1849, in the newly raised 2nd Punjab Cavalry, and promoted N&#257ib Ris&#257ld&#257r on 1 June 1849 and Ris&#257ld&#257r on 21 January 1857. He took part in British operations in 1857 for the relief of Delhi, Lucknow and several other places. He was decorated with the 2nd class Order of British India and the title of "Bahadoor" on 7 June 1858 and promoted Ris&#257ld&#257r Major. In January 1859, he was appointed commandant of the 5th Regiment of the Mounted Police, Oudh (now eastern Uttar Pradesh). Early in 1861, he was invited to join, on transfer from the 2nd Punjab Cavalry, the Central India Horse, a cavalry corps responsible for law and order in that part of the country. He joined the 2nd Regiment of the Central India Horse as Ris&#257ld&#257r Major on 15 February 1861. On 15 February 1869, he was awarded the Ist class Order of British India, with the title of "Sird&#257r Bah&#257door". He also received, as a reward for his services during the 1857 uprising, a grant of land worth about 4,000 rupees per annum in the Khe&#7771&#299 district of Oudh. In the Punjab he was given an estate of 700 acres in Rakkh Sukkarchakk Amritsar district, against an annual payment of 584 rupees.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pañj&#257b Si&#7749gh died at Ras&#363lpur in December 1869.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Prem Si&#7749gh, B&#257b&#257, <i><u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 R&#257j de Usraiyye</i>. Ludhiana, n.d.<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>