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<p class="C1">&#65279SUNDAR SH&#256H (d.1640), a Muslim saint of Devnagar, probably the present-day Deog&#257o&#7749 in &#256zamga&#7771h district of Uttar Pradesh, is remembered in Sikh tradition for his admiration for Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand, a prominent Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind. Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand was preaching in the eastern parts when Sundar Sh&#257h had the chance of meeting him. They became attached to each other and, before Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand left, Sundar Sh&#257h made him promise that he would return and spend his last days with him. According to <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>, Bidh&#299 Chand remembered his word and, as he saw his end drawing near, he took his leave of Gur&#363 Hargobind and went to Devnagar. The two friends, after discoursing about Gur&#363 N&#257nak and his <i>&#347abda</i> or message for three days, died at the same time on 14 August 1640.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. [Reprint], Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion : Its Gur&#363s, Sacred Writings and Authors</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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