ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256M KU&#7748VAR BH&#256&#298 (1672-1761)</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="RM,KUDVAR,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">&#65279R&#256M KU&#7748VAR, BH&#256&#298 (1672-1761), also referred to as R&#257m Kaur in some Sikh chronicles, was a prominent Sikh of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's time. He was a direct descendant of B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257, blessed by Gur&#363 N&#257nak himself. He was only three years old when his father, Bh&#257&#299 Gurditt&#257, died in Delhi in 1675, following the martyrdom of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. In conformity with the long-established custom, he as the scion of B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257's celebrated house, put the saffron mark on the forehead of the nine-year old Gobind R&#257i anointing him Gur&#363. He was married to R&#257j Dev&#299 of the village of Bhakn&#257 in Amritsar district. He was at P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 at the time of the birth of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's eldest son Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh, who was given the name by him. He also fought in the battle of Nadau&#7749 in 1691.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R&#257m Ku&#7749var grew up to be a learned man, a musician of merit and an accomplished expounder of the sacred texts. Spending most of his time in the company of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, he through his intelligent questions imbibed a vast knowledge of the history of the preceding Gur&#363s and of the tenets of the Sikh faith. When the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 was manifested by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on the Bais&#257kh&#299 day of 1699, R&#257m Kunvar received the rites of initiation and was renamed Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, formerly R&#257m Ku&#7749var, survived Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh for over half a century. During this period he, first at his ancestral village, Jha&#7751&#7693&#257 Ramd&#257s, and later at Nai&#7751e d&#257 Ko&#7789, preached the Sikh faith and made many converts. It is said that when N&#257dir Sh&#257h plundered the village of Ramd&#257s, he was arrested along with his 500 companions, but was released as his captors recognized his miraculous powers. He narrated anecdotes from the lives of the Gur&#363s to one S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, who later compiled them into a book <i>Ratan M&#257l</i> commonly known as <i>Sau S&#257kh&#299</i>. Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh utilized these anecdotes in his monumental <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh died at Nai&#7751e d&#257 Ko&#7789 (now in Pakistan) on 21 S&#257van 1818 Bk/ 2 August 1761.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Sau S&#257kh&#299</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Nayyar, Gurbachan Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Gur Ratan M&#257l arth&#257t Sau S&#257kh&#299</i>. Patiala, 1985<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>, ed. Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok. Patiala, 1968<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>