ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PART&#256P SINGH (d.1844)</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="PARTP,SINGH"> <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">&#65279PART&#256P SINGH (d.1844), son of Buddh Si&#7749gh Randh&#257v&#257, rose to be a colonel in the army of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. His grand-father, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, who was the first in the family to have been initiated a Sikh about 1770, joined Jai Si&#7749gh, leader of the Kanhaiy&#257 <i>misl</i>, and brought under his possession some thirty villages surrounding Kath&#363 Na&#7749gal, in Amritsar district. He was survived by his two sons, J&#299t Si&#7749gh and Buddh Si&#7749gh. Part&#257p Si&#7749gh's father, Buddh Si&#7749gh, tendered allegiance to Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh and served in his army, participating in campaigns in Haz&#257r&#257, in the Y&#363safza&#299 country and in Kashm&#299r. Part&#257p Si&#7749gh was given an assignment in the Gho&#7771cha &#7771h&#257 Kal&#257&#7749 Regiment and was later appointed adjutant in the Pah&#363vi&#7751&#7693&#299&#257 Regiment. In 1840, he was promoted to the rank of commandant. In 1842, he was made a colonel and was granted a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> worth Rs 1,000.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part&#257p Si&#7749gh died heirless in 1844.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Griffn, Lepel, <i>The Punjab Chiefs</i>. Lahore, 1890<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">G. S. Nayyar<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>