ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256M SI&#7748GH SARD&#256R BAH&#256DUR (d.1916)</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,SARDR,BAHDUR"> <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, SARD&#256R BAH&#256DUR (d.1916), eminent architect, was born in a R&#257mga&#7771h&#299&#257 family and started working in a wood-carver's shop in Amritsar where he attracted the notice of Mr Kipling, the first principal of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts, Lahore. The Mayo School of Industrial Arts established in 1875 took up student with a long-lasting interest in the craft. R&#257m Si&#7749gh proved a quick learner and within a short period of time, he gained appointment in his own school. According to a contemporary account published in Lahore by S.M. Lat&#299f, he assisted Kipling in designing the new buildings of the Museum and Technical Institute as well as of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts. After his retirement, Mr Kipling managed to invite R&#257m Si&#7749gh to London for participation in an international exhibition. In 1890, he undertook the trip on a royal invitation to prepare an architectural design for the Durb&#257r Hall wing in Royal Palace. He stayed there for three years and his entry at the international exhibition was adjudged as the best model of the traditional style of Indian architecture.. His work attracted the notice of top ranking European architects of the day. The queen granted him a special audience. After return to India, he became principal of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts, and was awarded the tides of "Sard&#257r S&#257hib" in 1904, "Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur" in 1909, and "Member of Victorian Order" (MVO) in 1911.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur R&#257m Si&#7749gh prepared designs of several outstanding buildings in India and abroad. Prominent among these are : Indian Durb&#257r Hall, London; Aitchison Chiefs College; Senate Halls of the Pañj&#257b University and Forman Christian College in Lahore; Lady Aitchison Hospital; Government College Boarding House; Albert Victor Wing; Lady Lyall Home; Law Courts; Municipal Hall, F&#299rozpur; District Court Hall, All&#257h&#257b&#257d; the Viceregal Lodge, Shiml&#257; and the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College at Amritsar. He also designed emblems for the flags of various Indian states and municipalities. In 1911, he prepared the architectural design and interior decoration scheme for the Coronation Hall in which ceremonies for King George V took place.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R&#257m Si&#7749gh almost "invented" the modern Sikh architecture &#8212 a mixture of the traditional Indian and Mu<u>gh</u>al styles &#8212 of which perhaps the best example is the historic building of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College, Amritsar.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sard&#257r Bah&#257dur R&#257m Si&#7749gh died at a relatively young age in 1916.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">S. S. Bha&#7789&#7789&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>