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<p class="C1">&#65279R&#256J KAUR (d.1838), also known as D&#257t&#257r Kaur or more popularly M&#257&#299 Nakai&#7751, was the second wife of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. She was the daughter of Ra&#7751 Si&#7749gh Nak&#257i, and was married to the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 in 1798. Though Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh married several other women, M&#257&#299 Nakai&#7751 remained  his favourite. She was the mother of the heir apparent, Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh. She took active interest in the affairs of the State and accompanied her son, Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh, when he was sent out on an expedition to Mult&#257n in 1818.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	R&#257j Kaur died on 20 June 1838.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257I, '<i>Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, ed., <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh</i>(First Death Centenary Memorial Volume). Amritsar, 1939<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR>
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