ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ARJAN SI&#7748GH (d. 1859)</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="ARJAN,SIDGH"> <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">&#65279ARJAN SI&#7748GH (d. 1859), a military commander in Sikh times, was born the son of Jam&#299at Si&#7749gh of Ra&#7749gha&#7771 Na&#7749gal, in Gurd&#257spur district. In 1845, on the eve of the first Anglo-Sikh war, he was given the command of four infantry regiments, one regiment of cavalry, and a troop of horse artillery, with which force he served at the battle of Sabhr&#257o&#7749. In 1846, he took part in the Kashm&#299r expedition and in August 1847 received a Persian title of honour on the recommendation of Major Henry Lawrence, the British Resident at Lahore. In 1848, he accompanied R&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh A&#7789&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 to Mult&#257n, and became an ally in his rebellion. His followers, hearing this, rebelled too and defended the fort of Ra&#7749gha&#7771 Na&#7749gal successfully against two companies of the Lahore troops. After the annexation of the Punjab by the British, the estates of Arjan Si&#7749gh were confiscated.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arjan Si&#7749gh died in 1859.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C. F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Cunningham, Joseph Davey, <i>A History of the Sikhs</i>. London, 1849<BR> <li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War</i>. Chandigarh, 1956<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>