ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AR&#362&#7770 SI&#7748GH</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="ARjZ,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">&#65279AR&#362&#7770 SI&#7748GH, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh's personal attendant and confidant, belonged to the village of Koh&#257l&#299, in Amritsar district. He was one of the five Sikhs who administered <i>p&#257hul</i> or Sikh initiatory rites to Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh at Aden on 25 May 1886. From Aden, Ar&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh accompanied the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 to Europe. In 1887, Ar&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh was sent by the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 to India as his accredited Ambassador. He carried with him five letters from Duleep Si&#7749gh, one of them addressed to the princes of India and another to the King of Oudh. At Pondicherry, he stayed with &#7788h&#257kur Si&#7749gh Sandh&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299&#257. As he reached Calcutta in pursuit of his mission, he was betrayed by a professed supporter of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 and arrested. He was sent to the Chun&#257r Fort where he was detained for three years. In government reports, Ar&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh was described as a Europeanized Sikh whose hospitality requirements in jail ran to "some ice, brandy, claret and Vichy water. " He was released from prison on 15 December 1890, with permission to return to England if he so wished.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Ganda Singh, ed. , <i>History of the Freedom Movement in the Punjab</i>, vol. III (Maharaja Duleep Singh Correspondence). Patiala, 1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<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>