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<p class="C1">&#65279SA&#7748GAT SI&#7748GH (d. 1705), one of the forty Sikhs who were besieged with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in an improvised fortress at Chamkaur, bore a close resemblance to the Gur&#363 in physical appearance. Both Kuir Si&#7749gh and Sukkh&#257 Si&#7749gh in their poetical biographies of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh refer to him as Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh Ba&#7749gesar from which it appears that Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh was either a native of Ba&#7749g (Bengal) or came from Ba&#7749gash region (Kurram valley) on the northwest frontier of India. On the fateful night of 7-8 December after all but five Sikhs had been killed in the unequal battle of Chamkaur, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh at the insistence of these five agreed to make a bid to escape. He made Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh don his dress and plume in order to beguile the enemy while the Gur&#363 along with three other survivors broke through the encircling horde under cover of darkness. The following morning when the besiegers stormed the fortress, Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh opposed them single-handed and fell fighting valiantly. The enemy commanders initially took him for Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, but were soon disillusioned.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR>
<li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>.Patiala, 1986<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>
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