ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PRITH&#298 CHAND</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="PRITH*,CHAND"> <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">&#65279PRITH&#298 CHAND &#7693A&#7693HV&#256L (d.1696) was one of the hill chieftains who sided with Bh&#299m Chand, the ruler of Kahl&#363r, in the battle of Nadau&#7751 fought on 20 March 1691 against Alif <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the deputy of M&#299&#257&#7749 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, governor of Jamm&#363. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh helped Bh&#299m Chand and his allies in this battle, which they won. In 1696, Dil&#257war <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Mu<u>gh</u>al chief, sent an expedition under his commander Husain <u>Kh</u>&#257n to chastise the hill chiefs. Husain <u>Kh</u>&#257n overran the &#7692a&#7693hv&#257l territory, subjugated a part of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257, won over the ruler of Kahl&#363r and invested Guler, whose ruler R&#257j Si&#7749gh (R&#257j&#257 Gop&#257l of the <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>) sought Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's help toward off the Mughal invasion. Husain waged war against the Gur&#363's force and his hill allies. In the battle, fought at Guler, Husain was slain in action. So was R&#257j&#257 Prith&#299 Chand who had been fighting on the side of R&#257j&#257 R&#257j Si&#7749gh.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>.<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">K. S. Th&#257par<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>