ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PRAT&#256P SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1899-1922)</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="PRATP,SIDGH,BH*,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">&#65279PRAT&#256P SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1899-1922), one of the two martyrs in the Pañj&#257 S&#257hib (Hasan Abd&#257l) episode, was born on 26 March 1899 to Bh&#257&#299 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh and Prem Kaur at Ak&#257lga&#7771h, in Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district, now in Pakistan. His father was a goldsmith by profession. He received his instruction at the village school, and worked as a teacher for sometime at Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 Bhalv&#257l in Sargodh&#257 district before moving to Kar&#257ch&#299 to serve as a clerk in a firm of commission agents. At the instance of his elder brother, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, he became a clerk in the army and served in Mult&#257n and R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 cantonments. Moved by the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib incident (20 February 1921), Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh resigned his army service resolved to dedicate his life to the Panth. He joined the managing committee of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Pañj&#257 S&#257hib, brought under the community's control since November 1920, as a treasurer. He had married, on 11 October 1918, Harn&#257m Kaur, daughter of Kap&#363r Si&#7749gh of Loh&#299&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257, a village near Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 29 October 1922, Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh sat with Bh&#257&#299 Karam Si&#7749gh, also an employee of the Pañj&#257 S&#257hib Gurdw&#257r&#257 Committee, and several others in the Railway track to stop, risking their lives, the train carrying Sikh volunteers held in the Gur&#363 k&#257 B&#257<u>gh</u> agitation with a view to serving to them a meal prepared by the <i>sa&#7749gat</i>. The special train was to run through Hasan Abd&#257l railway station at about 10 a.m. without making a halt. The squatters did stop the train, but not before it had run over the two volunteers and hit several of their companions. The rest of <i>sa&#7749gat</i> rushed forward to rescue them. Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh and Karam Si&#7749gh, though grievously hurt, were still conscious and told them to leave them alone and first serve meals to the <i>jath&#257</i>. This was done and the train moved on. The injured were brought to the Gurdw&#257r&#257 and given medical aid. Bh&#257&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh and Bh&#257&#299 Karam Si&#7749gh, however, succumbed to their injuries the next day. Their dead bodied were carried to R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 on 1 November 1922 and cremated on the bank of rivulet Le&#299. Until the partition of 1947, a three-day fair used to be held at Gurdw&#257r&#257 Pañj&#257 S&#257hib at the end of October every year in memory of the two martyrs.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sudh&#257r arth&#257t Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir</i>. Amritsar, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> Josh, Sohan Si&#7749gh, <i>Ak&#257l&#299 Morch&#299&#257&#7749 d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Delhi, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Part&#257p Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>