ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>UDAI SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (d.1843)</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="UDAI,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">&#65279UDAI SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d.1843), the last ruler of Kaithal state, was the younger of the two sons of Bh&#257&#299 L&#257l Si&#7749gh. After the death of Bh&#257&#299 L&#257l Si&#7749gh his elder son Part&#257p Si&#7749gh succeeded him, but died soon after without a male heir. Udai Si&#7749gh therefore became the next ruler in the line with the approval of the British government, whose supremacy Bh&#257&#299 Lal Si&#7749gh had, like the other cis-Sutlej states in 1809, accepted. The highlight of Udai Si&#7749gh's rule was his munificent patronage of the Sikh classic, Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh's <i>Gurprat&#257p Surya</i>, more popular as <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Santokh Si&#7749gh came from Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 to Kaithal in 1825. Before coming to Kaithal he had already put behind a translation of the Sanskrit classic <i>Amar Kosh</i> and <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 N&#257nak Prak&#257sh</i>, a biography in verse of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. In Kaithal he wrote his <i>Garb Gañjan&#299 &#7789&#299k&#257</i> (1829), translation of <i>V&#257lm&#299k&#299 Ram&#257ya&#7751a</i> (1834) and <i>&#256tma Pur&#257&#7751</i> (n.d.). <i>A magnum opus Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i> was completed in 1843.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 Udai Si&#7749gh died on 15 March 1843 without a male heir. A part of the state thereafter devolved upon Bh&#257&#299 Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh of Arnaul&#299, the rest of it escheated to the British.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, <i>The Rajas of the Punjab</i> [Reprint]. Delhi, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>History of the Sikhs</i>, Vol. II. Delhi, 1978<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Garb Gañjan&#299 &#7789&#299k&#257</i>. Lahore, 1910<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>