1. JAI RAM

JAI RAM (d. 1518), brotherinlaw of Guru Nanak, was a trusted official at the court of Nawab Daulat Khan Lodhl at Sultanpur, in presentday Kapurthala district of the Punjab. He was married to Nanaki, daughter of Kalian Chand and sister of Guru Nanak, ...

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2. JAI SINGH, MIRZA RAJA

JAI SINGH, MIRZA RAJA (1605-1667), Kachhvaha Rajput prince and one of the senior generals under the Mughal emperors ShahJahari (162858) and Aurangzib (16581707), succeeded to the feudal chieftainship of Amber (Jaipur) in 1617 when he also got his fir...

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3. JAIDEV (JAYADEVA)

JAIDEV (JAYADEVA), saint and poet, two of whose hymns are incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, is chiefly known to the literary world as the author of the Gita Govinda, a lyrical poem in which the love of Radha (soul or devotee) for Govinda (the Su...

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4. JALLA. PANDIT

JALLA. PANDIT (d. 1844), a Brahman priest ofJammu, who, assigned tutor to Hira Singh Dogra when he was a small boy, remained his lifelong companion and became his adviser and deputy as he assumed the office of prime minister of the Sikh kingdom in Se...

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5. JAMIAT RAI

JAMIAT RAI alias Jit Mall, a jhwar or water bearer on the domestic establishment of Maharaja Duleep Singh during his stay at Fatehgarh. He belonged to Shahgharib, in Shakargarh tahsil of Gurdaspur district (now in Pakistan). In 1885, he received a le...

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