26. BHAGAT RAM, BAKHSHI

BHAGAT RAM, BAKHSHI (17991865), son of Baisakhi Ram, a small moneychanger in the city of Lahore, joined the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1818 at the age of nineteen as a writer in the treasury office under Misr Belt Ram, the chief toshakhama o...

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27. BHAGATU, BHAI,

BHAGATU, BHAI, a Chhura Khatri of Burhanpur who, according to Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 30, received instruction at the hands of Guru Hargobind. See BHAGVAN DAS, BHAI

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28. BHAGO, MALIK

BHAGO, MALIK, was, according to Sikh chroniclers, the Hindu steward of the Muslim chief of Saidpur, presentday town of Eminabad, now in Gujranwala district of Pakistan, during the days of Guru Nanak. The tradition relates that once while Guru Nanak w...

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29. BHAVANI DAS, DlWAN

BHAVANI DAS, DlWAN (17701834), was the son of Diwan Thakur Das, revenue and finance minister of the Afghan king, Ahmad Shah Durrani. Bhavani Das succeeded to the position after the death of his father and served successively Shah Zaman, Shah Mahmud a...

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30. BHIM CHAND

BHIM CHAND, ruler of Kahlur (Bilaspur), a princely state in the Sivaliks, from 166592. The family claimed descent from Chandel Rajputs of Bundelkhand. Bhim Chand`s father, Dip Chand, was a tributary of the Mughals and he was allowed to exercise nomin...

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