ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SURAI&#7750 SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1898-1921)</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="SURAIF,SIDGH,BH*,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">&#65279SURAI&#7750 SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1898-1921), one of the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib martyrs, was born on 1 April 1898, the son of Bh&#257&#299 Mit Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Chand Kaur of Chakk No. 38 Niz&#257mpur Dev&#257 Si&#7749ghv&#257l&#257 in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district (now in Pakistan). He read Urdu at the village primary school. He learnt Gurmukh&#299 on his own and went through the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. As the movement for the reformation of Sikh shrines got under way, he found himself in the thick of it. During the Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299 conference (1-3 October 1920), he collected rations for it and served in the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. He participated in the liberation of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Khar&#257 Saud&#257, Ch&#363ha&#7771k&#257&#7751&#257 (30 December 1920) and also offered himself as a volunteer for the demolished Gurdw&#257r&#257 wall in Delhi. On 19 February 1921, he joined the <i>jath&#257</i> led by Bh&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Si&#7749gh of Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299 and fell a martyr in the firing on it the next morning. <i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE. He was survived by his mother, wife and a two-year old daughter. The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, besides paying off the family's debt of Rs 410, paid it a pension at Rs 150 per annum.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </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>