ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#256GY&#256 KAUR B&#298B&#298 (d. 1918)</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="GY,KAUR,B*B*"> <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">&#65279&#256GY&#256 KAUR, B&#298B&#298 (d. 1918), wife of Bh&#257&#299 Ta<u>kh</u>t Si&#7749gh and his helpmate in promoting women's education among Sikhs to which cause he was passionately devoted, was the daughter of Sard&#257r &#7788ek Si&#7749gh of the village of Sult&#257npur, near Rah&#299m Y&#257r <u>Kh</u>&#257n railway station in the princely state of Bah&#257walpur. She had been a resident student at the Sikh girls school, at F&#299rozpur, founded in 1892 and nurtured by Bh&#257&#299 Ta<u>kh</u>t Si&#7749gh. &#256gy&#257 Kaur had studied at the Mah&#257vidy&#257l&#257 up to the high school level. Bh&#257&#299 Ta<u>kh</u>t Si&#7749gh's first wife Harn&#257m Kaur who was a co-builder of the school died in 1906. He approached &#256gy&#257 Kaur's father to ask for her hand to be his ally in the enterprise he had launched upon. The nuptials took place at Sult&#257npur on 17 September 1910. On 16-17 February 1911, B&#299b&#299 (lady) &#256gy&#257 Kaur left with her husband on a tour of some South Asian countries to raise funds for the school. At Sikh gatherings and at <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> at the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i>, she recited holy hymns, <i>k&#299rtan</i>, and made fervent appeals for donations, for their nascent school. Returning to Punjab on 3 March 1912, she resumed her duties at the Mah&#257vidy&#257l&#257 as a teacher and as a matron of the hostel. She was taken ill with influenza during the epidemic of 1918, aggravated in her case by an attack of pneumonia. She died on 27 October 1918. She left behind four children, one of her daughters rising to the position of Director of Public Instruction in Punjab.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Pañj&#257b&#299 Bhai&#7751</i>. Firozpur, September 1910 and December 1918<BR> <li class="C1"><i>Silver Jubilee Book</i>. Amritsar, 1935<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">D&#299w&#257n Si&#7749gh Bhall&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>