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<p class="C1">&#65279R&#256I SI&#7748GH, son of Lakhm&#299r Si&#7749gh of Amritsar and a leader of the Bha&#7749g&#299 family, captured, together with his brother B&#257gh Si&#7749gh, 204 villages around B&#363&#7771&#299&#257 after the sack of Sirhind by the Sikhs in January 1764. Eighty-four of these villages including Jag&#257dhar&#299 and Di&#257lga&#7771h fell to the share of R&#257i Si&#7749gh. Jag&#257dhar&#299 had been completely ruined by N&#257dir Sh&#257h. R&#257i Si&#7749gh invited traders and artisans to settle there and they turned it into a flourishing town. R&#257i Si&#7749gh also controlled Haridv&#257r and received considerable income from the city at the time of fairs and festivals. The state of Ga&#7771hv&#257l was tributary to him as well.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gandhi,  Surjit  Singh, <i>Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty</i>. Delhi, 1980<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>History of the Sikhs</i>, vol IV. Delhi, 1978<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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