ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAR&#362P SI&#7748GH R&#256J&#256 (1812-1864)</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="SARjP,SIDGH,RJ,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">&#65279SAR&#362P SI&#7748GH, R&#256J&#256 (1812-1864), son of Karam Si&#7749gh of Baz&#299dpur and a collateral of R&#257j&#257 Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh (1811-34) of J&#299nd who had died childless, ascended the <i>gadd&#299</i> of J&#299nd in April 1837. The gap between the death of R&#257j&#257 Sa&#7749gat Si&#7749gh and the assumption of the throne by R&#257j&#257 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh was caused by protracted deliberations by the British Government to decide whether the state should be annexed as escheat and, if not, who among the nearest collaterals of the deceased chief had a better title to the <i>gadd&#299</i>. Born on 30 May 1812, Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh was very tall and handsome. Sir Lepel Griffin writes in his <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i>: "In person and presence he was eminently princely and the stalwart Sikh race could hardly show a taller or stronger man. Clad in armour, as he loved to be, at the head of his troops there was perhaps no other prince in India who bore himself so gallantly and looked so true a soldier." Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh had cardial relations with the British and his loyalty to them during the Anglo-Sikh wars and the uprising of 1857 was rewarded with the grant of territories, the right of adoption in case of failure of direct heirs and other concessions. He was granted D&#257dr&#299 in Hary&#257&#7751&#257 and thirteen villages near Sa&#7749gr&#363r, a house in Delhi and an eleven-gun salute. He introduced many reforms in his state on the British model, particularly concerning revenue and police administration.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R&#257j&#257 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh died on 26 January 1864, and was succeeded by his son, Raghb&#299r Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i> [Reprint]. Delhi, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Ganda Si&#7749gh, <i>The Patiala and the East Panjab States Union</i>. Patiala, 1951<BR> <li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1981<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>