ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SA&#7748S&#256R CHAND (1765-1823)</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="SADSR,CHAND,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279SA&#7748S&#256R CHAND (1765-1823), Ka&#7789och R&#257jp&#363t R&#257j&#257 of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 who ascended the throne in 1775. He was an ambitious ruler and began extending his influence over the neighbouring hill states as well as over the plains lying at the foot of the &#346iv&#257lik ranges. He came as far as Hoshi&#257rpur in the Punjab where he built the famous fort of Bajv&#257&#7771&#257. Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh however drove him away from the plains in 1804. In 1805, the Nepalese general, Amar Si&#7749gh Th&#257p&#257, crossed the Yamun&#257 at the invitation of R&#257j&#257 of Sirm&#363r to suppress a rebellion of his subjects, but went on and laid siege to the Fort of K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257. Sa&#7749s&#257r Chand resisted the Gurkh&#257s for four long years. When he could fight no more, he solicited the help of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 marched an army to K&#257&#7749g&#7771&#257 and defeated the Nepalese, but he seized the Fort, accepting Sa&#7749s&#257r Chand as a tributary of his government.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sa&#7749s&#257r Chand died in December 1823.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Oxford, 1905<BR> <li class="C1"> Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, <i>Life and Times of Ranjit Singh</i>. Nabha, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Sinha, N.K., <i>Ranjit Singh</i>. Calcutta, 1908<BR> <li class="C1"> Hutchinson J., and Ph. Vogel, <i>History of the Punjab Hill States</i>. Lahore, 1933<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Har&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>