46. DESU,

DESU, Jatt of Chahal clan, was a minor chief at Bhikhi, in presentday Bathinda district, when Guru Tegh Bahadur visited that village travelling through the Malva region in 167273. As he came to see him, the Guru asked him why he carried a walking sti...

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47. DEVI DAS, DIWAN

DEVI DAS, DIWAN (1767P1830), eldest son of Diwan Thakur Das Khatri of Peshawar, was, like his father, in the service of the Afghan rulers prior to joining the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. At the time of Shah Zaman`s last invasion of northern India...

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48. DEVI DAS, PANDIT,

DEVI DAS, PANDIT, one of the numerous poets and scholars who kept company with Guru Gobind Singh (See Bavanja Kavi), was born in a Chhibbar Brahman family who had been followers of the Gurus. His father, Hardayal, was the younger brother of Bhai Gava...

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49. DHANNA, BHAGAT

DHANNA, BHAGAT (b. 1415?), one of the medieval saints whose bani has been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, describes himself in a hymn, in Raga Asa, as an ignorantJatt and explains how he was attracted to the worship of God by the examples of N...

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50. DHANPAT RAI, DlWAN

DHANPAT RAI, DlWAN (d. 1831), son of Ram Kumar, served Maharaja Ranjit Singh in various capacities. His grandfather Gutu Mall, who belonged to Shahpur district, was employed as diwan to the Bharigi sardars, Gujjar Singh and Sahib Singh, regulating th...

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