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<p class="C1">&#65279RA&#7750JODH, SI&#7748GH MAJ&#298&#7788H&#298&#256 (d. 1872), military commander and <i>j&#257g&#299rd&#257r</i> of the Sikh Darb&#257r was the son of Des&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299th&#299&#257 and foster-brother of Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299th&#299&#257. Details of his early career under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh are scarce. British records, however, locate him as the governor of Haz&#257r&#257 and the commander of Darb&#257r troops in 1844. He was called to lead Sikh military operations against Jasro&#7789&#257 to forestall the machinations of R&#257j&#257 Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh &#7693ogr&#257 of Jamm&#363. General Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 and General Ratan Si&#7749gh M&#257n followed separately the main Sikh army under Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh. The fortress was reduced and Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh obliged to surrender. The latter also made over to the Sikhs R&#257j&#257 H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh's treasure brought from Lahore and hidden there.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	With the withdrawal of Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257 from Lahore to British territory in March 1844, the political influence of the Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257s had sunk low at the Darb&#257r. Finding the fortunes of the family declining, Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh joined Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh's faction. In the first Anglo-Sikh war Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh commanded a division of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 army with 70 guns. He entered the Jalandhar Do&#257b, and having joined his forces with the L&#257&#7693v&#257 chief, seriously threatened Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257. He had a skirmish at Baddov&#257l, 11 km on the road to Jagr&#257o&#7749, with Maj-Gen Harry Smith, who had hastened to the relief of Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257, on 21 January 1846. Outnumbered, the British general was chary of giving battle. He made a detour to the right, and hastily retreated towards Ludhi&#257n&#257. Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh's artillery opened up a cannonade on the retiring British force. A portion of it was worsted, with 77 men taken prisoner. General Smith was however able to save Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257, but the Sikhs claimed a victory at Baddov&#257l. Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh marched on Jagr&#257o&#7749 in order to cut off British communications with F&#299rozpur. He took part in the battle of Al&#299v&#257l on 28 January 1846. After the treaty of Bharov&#257l, Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh was made a member of the Council of Regency. In 1848, he was arrested following interception of his correspondence with D&#299w&#257n M&#363l R&#257j of Mult&#257n, but was released after the war. His <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> was confiscated and he was given a pension of Rs 2,500 per annum.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Ra&#7751jodh Si&#7749gh Maj&#299th&#299&#257 died in 1872.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, '<i>Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR>
<li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1940<BR>
<li class="C1"> Burton, R.G., <i>The First and the Second Sikh Wars</i>. Simla, 1911<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gough, C., and A.D. Innes, <i>The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars</i>. London, 1897<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">B. J. Hasrat<br></p><BR>
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