ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAHE&#7770&#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="SAHEZ*"> <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">&#65279SAHE&#7770&#298, originally called Khe&#7771&#299, is a village about 2 km west of Mori&#7751&#7693&#257 (30º-47'N, 76º-29'E) in Ropa&#7771 district of the Punjab. The village was destroyed by Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur in 1710, and the habitation that reappeared upon its ruins dropped the old name because of its dismal associations and adopted the new name of Sahe&#7771&#299. It was at Khe&#7771&#299 that M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299 and her two young grandsons, Zor&#257war Si&#7749gh and Fateh Si&#7749gh, aged 9 and 7 respectively, were betrayed to their captors. Separated from the main column as Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh crossed the rivulet Sars&#257, then in spate, on the night of 5-6 December 1705, they were escorted by their cook, Ga&#7749g&#363, to his house at Khe&#7771&#299. The travel being hazardous and slow, they reached their destination only on the night of 6-7 December. As they were resting in the attic, the host purloined M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299's saddle-bag containing cash and valuables. In hope of a reward from the government for having Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's mother and two of his sons seized, he spied on them, through the village headman, to J&#257n&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n and M&#257n&#299 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Ra&#7749gha&#7771 officials at Mori&#7751&#7693&#257. Zor&#257war Si&#7749gh and Fateh Si&#7749gh were taken into custody and despatched to Sirhind where they met a cruel fate on 13 Poh 1762 Bk/ 12 December 1705.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are three <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in Sahe&#7771&#299. The one on the site of Ga&#7749g&#363's house is a double-storeyed domed building inside the village. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on the first floor, while the hall on the ground floor is used for bigger gatherings on special occasions. The second <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>, outside the village, marks the spot where, it is believed, M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299 and her grand children were handed over to the officers.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These two <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> are managed by the village <i>sa&#7749gat</i> but the third one, which is located half a kilometre away in the fields, is under the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. It is said that, while escorting M&#257t&#257j&#299 and the children during the dark night, Ga&#7749g&#363 lost his way, and, bypassing Khe&#7771&#299, walked towards the village of Ra&#7749g&#299&#257. Discovering his error, he had M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299 and the S&#257hibz&#257d&#257s wait in a mango-grove until he had worked out the correct route to his village. The present <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> marks the site of the mango-grove.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar,1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala,1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh,1966<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>