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<p class="C1">&#65279S&#256HV&#256, a village in Chur&#363 district of R&#257jasth&#257n, 40 km southwest of Bh&#257dr&#257 (29º-10 N, 75º-15'E), is referred to as Suhev&#257 in Sikh chronicles and is popularly called Suh&#257v&#257 S&#257hib. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh while travelling from the Punjab to the South in October-November 1706 arrived here from Nohar via S&#363rpur along the old cart-road which still exists. He established his camp near the eastern bank of a pond. Param Si&#7749gh and Dharam Si&#7749gh, sons of Bh&#257&#299 R&#363p Chand, used to make the Gur&#363's bed at every stage of the journey. Not finding a suitable cot here, they improvised a bedstead with tree branches and wild grass. They were blessed by the Gur&#363 for their service and devotion. Near the Gur&#363's camp there stood an old <i>ja&#7751&#7693</i> tree through which had sprouted a <i>p&#299pal</i>. The Gur&#363 remarked that as the <i>p&#299pal</i> tree overgrew the rough, thorny <i>ja&#7751&#7693</i>, the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 would prosper. At present only the old <i>p&#299pal</i> tree stands. It was probably during his stay here that the Gur&#363 visited Bh&#257dr&#257. A platform was constructed on the spot consecrated by the Gur&#363's stay, and was looked after by a local devotee, Daulat R&#257m, and his descendants till 1873 when a Punjabi Sikh, R&#257m Si&#7749gh, settled here as a permanent <i>granth&#299</i>. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 sanctioned a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> in 1882, which continued till 1951. The cornerstone for the present building was laid on the Ist of Bais&#257kh 1942 Bk/ 11 April 1885. In 1966 B&#257b&#257 Baghel Si&#7749gh, a <i>k&#257r-sev&#257v&#257le</i> activist acquired it from Mahant Harn&#257m Si&#7749gh (d.7 May 1976). The principal annual festival is the birth anniversary of Gur&#363 N&#257nak when Sikhs from the surrounding area come to pay homage at this <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Narotam, T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Kankhal, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gurdu&#257ri&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, n.d. .<BR>
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