ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256M SI&#7748GH 1</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,SIDGH"> <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 SI&#7748GH, a holy man maintaining a <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> at Zah&#363r&#257, near &#7788&#257&#7751&#7693&#257, in Hoshi&#257rpur district, assisted Bh&#257&#299 Mah&#257r&#257j Si&#7749gh, the leader of the anti-British rebellion of 1848-49, not only by lodging him and his followers in his <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> but also introducing him to several influential men of the area. After the rebels' arrest towards the close of 1849, R&#257m Si&#7749gh too was detained at Lahore. He was later set free and permitted to proceed on pilgrimage to holy places, but his <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> at Zah&#363r&#257 was razed by the government by way of punishment.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ahluwalia, M.L., <i>Bhai Maharaj Singh</i>. Patiala, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">M. L. &#256hl&#363w&#257l&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>