ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AKBARPUR KHU&#7692&#256L</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="AKBARPUR,KHU L"> <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">&#65279AKBARPUR KHU&#7692&#256L, village 6 km northeast of Bare&#7789&#257 (29º-52'N, 75º-42'E), in M&#257ns&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who came here in November 1706 to rescue a Sikh from captivity. According to Gi&#257n&#299 Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>, Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh, a goldsmith of Akbarpur Khu&#7693&#257l, had been imprisoned by the village chief in a basement of his house on a false charge. The news of the Sikh in distress reached Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh while he was at Sirs&#257, 80 km away, as the crow flies, already on his way to the South. But he turned his footsteps immediately with five of his Sikhs and, reaching Khu&#7693&#257l by a forced march, rescued Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh and instructed the chief, Nab&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>sh, in the path of virtue and justice. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh then returned to Sirs&#257. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was later established outside the village. The Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 endowed it with 50 acres of land. The house of the chief inside the village was acquired after Independence, and Gurdw&#257r&#257 Bhor&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10 was constructed on the site in February 1951 by a Sikh landlord of the area, Harchand Si&#7749gh Jej&#299, who also made an endowment. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, handed over to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1977, has a domed sanctum, within a hall, on the first floor. The <i>bhor&#257</i> or underground cell, in which Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh is believed to have been kept, is a small square cellar in the basement.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>