ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SUNDAR SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298</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="SUNDAR,SIDGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279SUNDAR SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d.1924),of the village of Ch&#299d&#257 near B&#257gh&#257 Pur&#257&#7751&#257, in Mog&#257 sub-division of present-day Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, was about 60 years old when he received the initiation rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at the hands of Sant Sundar Si&#7749gh Bhi&#7751&#7693r&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257. To intensify the Ak&#257l&#299 campaign at Jaito, the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee sent out from Amritsar in February 1924, a Shah&#299d&#299 Jath&#257 or martyrs' column, consisting of 500 volunteers ready to lay down their lives to have the interrupted <i>akha&#7751&#7693 p&#257th</i> recommenced at Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ga&#7749gsar at Jaito, in N&#257bh&#257 state territory. The march of the Sikhs through the M&#257jh&#257 and M&#257lv&#257 districts of the Punjab generated a great deal of enthusiasm among the people. Bh&#257&#299 Sundar Si&#7749gh and several others from his village joined the column on 21 Feburary 1924 during the last lap of its journey. As it reached near Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ga&#7749gsar, Jaito, a strong posse of police and army blocked its way and subjected it to rifle and machinegun firing. Bh&#257&#299 Sundar Si&#7749gh was hit in the stomach and lay grievously wounded. The N&#257bh&#257 state police removed him to prisoners' camp where he succumbed to his injury.</p> </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>