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<p class="C1">&#65279TILOK SI&#7748GH, (d. 1710), Tilok&#257 or Tilok Chand before receiving the Sikh initiatory rites, was an ancestor of the Ph&#363lk&#299&#257&#7749 families of N&#257bh&#257 and J&#299nd, Ba&#7693rukkh&#257&#7749 and Di&#257lpur&#257. He was the eldest son of Chaudhar&#299 Ph&#363l. His wife, Ba<u>kh</u>to, bore him two sons, Gurdit Si&#7749gh and Sukhchain Si&#7749gh. From the elder son, Gurdit Si&#7749gh, were descended the rulers of the Princely state of N&#257bh&#257 and from Sukhchain Si&#7749gh those of J&#299nd. Tilok Si&#7749gh was Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's devoted disciple and took part in his battles with the hill <i>r&#257j&#257s</i>. Since he commanded considerable influence in his area, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh issued a <i>hukamn&#257m&#257</i> in 1696 in his name and in the name of his brother, R&#257m Si&#7749gh, in which he blessed them and sought their help by directing them to come prepared with their men and horses.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, Tilok Si&#7749gh and his brother, R&#257m Si&#7749gh made arrangements for the cremation in 1705 of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's elder sons, martyred at Chamkaur. They also helped the Gur&#363 with men in the battle of Khidr&#257&#7751&#257. Both Tilok Si&#7749gh and R&#257m Si&#7749gh spent some time in Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's presence at Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo. Here Tilok Si&#7749gh as well as R&#257m Si&#7749gh received the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 rites in 1706. Together they sent men to help Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur when he came to the Punjab with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's blessings to fight the Mu<u>gh</u>al satrap, Waz&#299r <u>Kh</u>&#257n.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tilok Si&#7749gh died in 1710.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Delhi, 1880<BR>
<li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s D&#257svi&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Lahore, 1912<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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