ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RATAN KAUR R&#256&#7750&#298</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,KAUR,RF*"> <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 KAUR, R&#256&#7750&#298, widow of S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, the Bh&#257&#7749g&#299 chief of Gujr&#257t, was in 1811 taken by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh under his mantle by the rite of <i>ch&#257dar and&#257z&#299</i> after the death of her husband. In 1819, she gave birth to Prince Mult&#257n&#257 Si&#7749gh. She survived the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257, and was granted an annual pension of Rs 1,000 by the British.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ganda Singh, ed., <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh</i> (First Death Centenary Volume). Amritsar, 1939<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>