ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PRAT&#256P SI&#7748GH GI&#256N&#298 (1904-1984)</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,GIN*,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, GI&#256N&#298 (1904-1984), preacher, journalist and author, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Makkhan Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Mathur&#257 Dev&#299 of the village of N&#257r&#257 in R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299 district of the Punjab (now in Pakistan). Born on 3 January 1904, he learnt Gurmukh&#299 and scripture reading at home and passed his middle school examination from the village school in 1918. He read with deep interest literature brought out under the influence of the Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 movement and joined the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Upadeshak(Missionary) College, Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 , from where he passed, in 1922, the Gi&#257n&#299 exanmination of the Pañj&#257b University, L&#257hore. In 1923, he was engaged by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee as a preacher. Soon afterwards he was arrested for making a seditious speech and sentenced to one and a half year's imprisonment. Gi&#257n&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh served as assistant <i>jathed&#257r</i> of Sr&#299 Ak&#257l Ta <u>kh</u>t, Amritsar, from 1938-48 and <i>jathed&#257r</i> of Ta <u>kh</u>t Sr&#299 Kesga&#7771h S&#257hib, Anandpur, from 1948-52. He was then appointed <i>Jathed&#257r</i> of Sr&#299 Ak&#257l Ta <u>kh</u>t, Amritsar, from which position he retired in 1955.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1956, Gi&#257n&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh floated a monthly journal, the <i>Gi&#257n Amrit</i>, which he himself edited and published until December 1981 when it was made over to Dr M&#257n Si&#7749gh of the Nira&#7749k&#257r&#299 Darb&#257r. He also wrote over two dozen books and tracts on religious and histrorical themes. Some of his better known works are <i>Gurmat Laikchar</i> (1944), <i>Itih&#257sak Laikchar</i> (two volumes, 1945), <i>Sa&#7749s&#257r da Dh&#257rmik Itih&#257s</i> (1948), <i>Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir d&#257 Itih&#257s</i> (1951), <i>Naql&#299 Nira&#7749k&#257r&#299</i> (1967), <i>K&#363k&#257 Gur&#363dom</i> (1972), <i>Amritsar Sift&#299 d&#257 Ghar</i> (1977) and <i>Ak&#257li Lahir de Mah&#257&#7749 Net&#257</i> (1976). The Languages Department of the Punjab Government honoured Gi&#257n&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh in 1981 for his contribution to Punjabi journalism. He was also honoured by Kendar&#299 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, Delhi, for his services to Sikh religion.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gi&#257n&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh was assassinated on 10 May 1984 inside his house at Amritsar by some unidentified men.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gi&#257n Amrit</i>. Amritsar, 1980-81<BR> <li class="C1"><i>Sa&#7749khep J&#299van Gi&#257n&#299 Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh J&#299</i> . Amritsar, n.d.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sarmukh Si&#7749gh Amole<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>