ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SANT&#256 SI&#7748GH JATHED&#256R BH&#256&#298 (1897-1921)</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="SANT,SIDGH,JATHEDR,BH*,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">&#65279SANT&#256 SI&#7748GH JATHED&#256R, BH&#256&#298 (1897-1921), <i>shah&#299d</i> of Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Nand Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Prem Kaur of &#7692araul&#299 village in Jalandhar district. They were weavers by profession. Sant&#257 Singh's grandfather, Gujjar Si&#7749gh, as well as his father had received the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. The family migrated to the Lower Chen&#257b Canal Colony at the close of the century and settled as cloth merchants at Sh&#257hko&#7789, a market town in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district. Sant&#257 Si&#7749gh learnt to read Gurmukh&#299 at home.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 Sant&#257 Si&#7749gh received the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at the hands of Bh&#257&#299 Mahit&#257b Si&#7749gh B&#299r and became an active member of <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Bar&#257dar&#299, an organization of baptized Sikhs from among the so-called low castes such as Ramd&#257s&#299&#257s and Mazhab&#299s. There were about 40 Ak&#257l&#299s in Sh&#257hko&#7789 itself who chose him their <i>jathed&#257r</i> (chief or leader). He had participated in the liberation of Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257be d&#299 Ber, Si&#257lko&#7789, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Khar&#257 Saud&#257, Ch&#363ha&#7771k&#257&#7751&#257, and the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> at Gojr&#257. On receiving the call for the liberation of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Janam Asth&#257n, Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib, he led a batch of six volunteers from Sh&#257hko&#7789. He fell a martyr in the firing on the Ak&#257l&#299 volunteers inside Gurdw&#257r&#257 Janam Asth&#257n on 20 February 1921.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar, set apart a grant of Rs 300 per annum for the martyrs. The Sh&#257hko&#7789 <i>sa&#7749gat</i> raised a memorial <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> in their honour.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>