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<p class="C1">&#65279SH&#256M SI&#7748GH NIHA&#7748G (1854-1924) was born Harkesh, in 1854, to Chaudhar&#299 Jasvant Si&#7749gh at the village of Muhammadpur, in Sult&#257npur district of Uttar Pradesh. As he grew up, he helped his father in the family's profession of farming before migrating at the age of twenty-five to Hyder&#257b&#257d, in the Deccan, to do business. There, undergoing several sudden turns of fortune, he went through the rites of <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 initiation at Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Haz&#363r S&#257hib at N&#257nde&#7693, receiving the name of Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh. He donned the blue and saffron robes of a Niha&#7749g and came to be known as Niha&#7749g Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh. He dedicated his life to preaching the Sikh faith. He returned to his native village, in Uttar Pradesh, where his erstwhile busines, partner, Sher&#257, was the first to come under his influence. He escorted Sher&#257 to Bhasau&#7771, then an active centre of Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, the Sikh renaissance movement. Here he was converted by Bh&#257&#299 Tej&#257 Si&#7749gh, a leading Sikh of the day, and named Har&#299 Si&#7749gh. Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh continued his missionary work in Uttar Pradesh. In 1914, he came to settle at Pani&#257l&#299 Q&#257simpur where he set up a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. Many were drawn to the Sikh faith by his pious example.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh died in 1924, leaving his successor, Bh&#257&#299 Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, to carry on his work.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><i>Gi&#257n Amrit</i>. Amritsar, 1976<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Part&#257p Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR>
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