ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SHER SI&#7748GH A&#7788&#256R&#298V&#256L&#256 (d. 1858)</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="SHER,SIDGH,AlR*VL"> <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">&#65279SHER SI&#7748GH A&#7788&#256R&#298V&#256L&#256 (d. 1858), provincial governor under Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh of Lahore, was the son of Chatar Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257. He was appointed governor of Pesh&#257war in October 1845, and recalled in August 1846 to Lahore where he was nominated a member of the Council of Regency. He was created R&#257j&#257 in November 1847. In April 1848, R&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh commanded the Lahore Darb&#257r troops sent out to Mult&#257n by the British Resident to quell the rebellion by D&#299w&#257n M&#363l R&#257j. But on hearing of the humiliation his father, Chatar Si&#7749gh, who was governor of Haz&#257r&#257, had suffered at the hands of Captain James Abbott, the Assistant Resident, and sore at the British refusal to permit the marriage of his sister who had been betrothed to Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh, Sher Si&#7749gh left the British camp and went over to M&#363l R&#257j along with the Darb&#257r troops. He moved northwards to join his father, Chatar Si&#7749gh, at Haz&#257r&#257. Sher Si&#7749gh's action set into motion a chain of events which set the whole of the Punjab ablaze. From across the R&#257v&#299 and from the Sind S&#257gar Do&#257b multitudes of disbanded <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 soldiers swelled his ranks. Overnight, he became a leader of Sikh resistance. He proclaimed himself a Servant of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 and that of the sovereign, and called upon the people to rise in arms and expel the British from their country.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Simultaneously, the rising in the north under his father, Chatar Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257, gained popular support. The Sikh contingents at Bann&#363, Koh&#257&#7789, &#7788o&#7749k, Pesh&#257war and Attock revolted and joined him. On the other hand, without a formal declaration of war, the British commander-in-chief, Lord Sir Hugh Gough, crossed the R&#257v&#299 on 16 November 1848, with 24,000 men and 65 guns.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sher Si&#7749gh fought the British at R&#257mnagar on 22 November 1848, defeating Brigadier General Campbell's 3rd Infantry Division. The force under his command fought another action on 3 December at S&#257dull&#257pur engaging the British division commanded by General Thackwell, and crossed over to the left bank of the river. Soon afterwards he joined his father, Chatar Si&#7749gh, and together they worsted the British at Chel&#299&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 on 13 January 1849 but in the last action at Gujr&#257t on 21 February 1849 they suffered a heavy defeat. Both Chattar Si&#7749gh and Sher Si&#7749gh fled towards Jehlum, pursued by General Gilbert. On 14 March, Sher Si&#7749gh surrendered to the British commander at R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299. The Punjab was annexed to the British dominions and Sher Si&#7749gh along with his father was detained at A&#7789&#257r&#299 and then imprisoned at All&#257h&#257b&#257d. They were later transferred to Fort William at Calcutta from where they were released in January 1854.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh died at Ban&#257ras in 1858.</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"> Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sard&#257r Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1942<BR> <li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel and CE Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore,1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>A History of the Sikhs</i>, vol.II. Princeton, 1966<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>