ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PASHAUR&#256 SI&#7748GH KA&#7748VAR (1821-1845)</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="PASHAUR,SIDGH,KADVAR,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279PASHAUR&#256 SI&#7748GH, KA&#7748VAR (1821-1845), son of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, was born in 1821 to R&#257&#7751&#299 Day&#257 Kaur. He emerged from obscurity to claim the kingdom of the Punjab after the assassination of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh. After his escape from B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh's camp, where his brother Kashm&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh was killed, he reached Lahore to make up with R&#257j&#257 H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh. It was the most opportune time for him to be in the capital, for relations between H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh and his uncle Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh had then become strained on the question of the disposal of R&#257j&#257 Suchet Si&#7749gh's treasure. Both of them vied with one another for his favour. But the &#7693ogr&#257s soon made up their mutual differences, and Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh was left in the lurch. After wandering over the Punjab for a few weeks, he crossed the Sutlej and arrived at the British camp in the middle of December 1844 to seek help against the &#7693ogr&#257s. Finding the British unresponsive, he returned to Lahore soon after H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh had been removed from the scene. As he appeared in the Darb&#257r on 1 January 1845, there was much goodwill exhibited for him. A cry went up among the soldiers that he should be made the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 in place of Duleep Si&#7749gh. This put Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur, mother of Duleep Si&#7749gh, on her guard. Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh was received with honour in the court, and was offered presents of jewels, elephants and horses. He was promised an increase in his <i>j&#257g&#299r</i>, if he left Lahore immediately. Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 J&#299nd Kaur also asked Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, with whom the prince was staying, to prevail upon him to retire to his estates. She, in the end, won over the army, who ordered Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh to go back to his <i>j&#257g&#299r</i>. On his appointment as Waz&#299r on 15 May 1845, Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh, brother of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 J&#299nd Kaur, sent a force against him. Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh capitulated before the Lahore artillery, but was allowed by the troops to escape.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After remaining in the wilderness for some time, he took the fort of Attock in July 1845, with just a handful of P&#257&#7789h&#257n followers. With money that the fort yielded to him, he raised fresh levies and declared himself to be the ruler of the Punjab. He tried to secure help from the chiefs, from Jehlum to <u>Kh</u>aibar, and even opened negotiations with Dost Muhammad. Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh ordered Chatar Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 and Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n &#7788iw&#257n&#257 to proceed against him. They besieged Attock and reduced the prince to such straits that he agreed to surrender and place himself at the disposal of Chatar Si&#7749gh on the promise of a safe conduct to Lahore and the retention of Si&#257lko&#7789. Having secured these assurances, he surrendered the fort on 30 August 1845 and proceeded to Lahore with the troops. Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh had meanwhile sent instructions to the effect that Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh be got rid of forthwith. The prince was sequestered from his personal bodyguard on 11 September 1845, and secretly taken back by Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n &#7788iw&#257n&#257 to Attock where he was strangled to death.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Smyth, G.C., <i>History of the Reigning Family of Lahore</i>. Calcutta, 1847<BR> <li class="C1"> Griffin, Sir Lepel, <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Oxford, 1945<BR> <li class="C1"> Chopra, Barkat Rai, <i>Kingdom of Punjab</i>. Hoshiarpur 1969<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">J. S. Khur&#257n&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>