ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RATAN CHAND (d.1872)</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="RATAN,CHAND"> <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">&#65279RATAN CHAND (d.1872), nicknamed <i>d&#257h&#7771&#299v&#257l&#257</i>, the bearded one, to distinguish him from Ratan Chand Duggal who grew no beard, was one of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's prominent courtiers. His family originally belonged to P&#257yal, in present-day Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district and his grandfather had served under Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's grandfather, Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh. Ratan Chand joined service in the postal department of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 in 1829. After the first Anglo-Sikh war, Ratan Chand was made postmaster general. After the annexation of the Punjab, <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> worth 6,800 rupees were granted to him for his services to the British. In 1862, he was made an honorary magistrate of the city of Lahore.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ratan Chand died in 1872.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Punjab Chiefs</i>. Lahore, 1890<BR> <li class="C1"> Latif, Syad Mohammad, <i>History of the Panjab</i>. Calcutta, 1891<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">G. S. Chh&#257b&#7771&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>