111. JAWAHAR SINGH RANDHAVA

JAWAHAR SINGH RANDHAVA, son ot`Prem Singh, a soldier in the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, belonged lo the Randhava family of the village of Khunda in Gurdaspur district, who had once been with the Kanhaiya misi, but a major portion of whose territory had been confiscated by the Maharaja. Prem Singh had to seek a place under a relation, Desa Singh Majithia, with ten sovdrs or horsemen, in which capacity he continued to serve Maharaja Ranjit Singh until his death in November 1824.

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112. JAWAHAR SINGH, BHAI

JAWAHAR SINGH, BHAI (d. 1924), one of the Jailo martyrs, was the son of Bhai Khetu, a Mahabt Sikh of the village of Kundal in Fazilka lahsll of Firozpur district. He had served in the army for about five years during which time he had been admitted to the rites of the Khalsa. He had also learnt to read and write enough Punjabi to become a fluent reader of the Scripture. He had become an Akalt activist and joined the first shahidi jathd or martyrs` column ready to die to have the sacrilege at Jailo indemnified. The jathd was fired upon by police as it readied near the Gurdwara on 21 February 1924. Bhai Jawahar Singh was one of those who died in the firing.

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113. JAWAHIR SINGH, BHAI

JAWAHIR SINGH, BHAI (1859-1910), a leading figure in the Singh Sabha movement, was the son of Bhai Anna Singh Kapur of Gujranwala, now in Pakistan. He was born at Amritsar in 1859. After finishing school, he entered service in the accounts department of the North Western Railway in 1876, and making steady progress rose to be the superintendent in the Manager`s office in 1903. In 1882, he attended law classes of the University of the Panjab, but did not continue to complete the course. In 1886, he applied for the position of a granthi at the Harimandar at Amritsar, but his candidature was rejected owing to his earlier religious affiliations.

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114. JEET, GURMUKH SINGH (1922 - )

Jeet, Gurmukh Singh, born at Midh Ramjha in Sargodha district in 1922, is prolific Punjabi writer and critic. He did his post-graduation (Political Science) in 1949 from Punjab University and has retired as a senior class I officer, from Govt. of India. Jeet is a prolific writer who began his literary career as a critic with books like Amrita Pritam di kar-kala (1954), Samkali Punjabi kahani (1957), but soon turned to fiction. He has published nine short story collections: Kale admi (1956), Dharti son sunehli 1958), Daswan greh (1964), Phullan de parchaveu (1970), Supne di tajposhi (1977), Neel kanth (1981), Vekho kaun aayae (1986), Sargam di hatya (1987), Vakhre vakhre focus ( 1987); five novels: Mrig trishna (1968), Sarkah de par (1973), Ik hore suraj (1983), Majra kya Hai (1985), Fasana khattam hua (1987).

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115. JETHA BHAI

JETHA BHAI (d. 1634), a devoted Sikh who successively attended upon Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind. He took part in sevd for the excavation of the sacred pool at Amritsar and the construction of the Harimandar. He was one of the five Sikhs who accompanied Guru Arjan on his last journey to Lahore where he met a martyr`s death in 1606. His other four companions were Bhai Bidhi Chand, Bhai Langah, Bhai Paira and Bhai Pirana. These Sikhs were witness to the events leading to the Guru`s martyrdom.

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116. JETHA SINGH

JETHA SINGH was a Sikh of Guru Gobind Singh`s time. He was a merchant by profession and lived at Ahmadnagar. He was host, in Ahmadnagar, to Bhai Daya Singh, one of the Parij Piare, who travelled in 1706 to the South with Guru Gobind Singh`s letter, Zafamdmah, to be delivered to Emperor Aurarigzib.

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117. JETHA, BHAI

JETHA, BHAL See Guru Ram Das JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself. JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Gurdas, Bhai, Varan, XI. 17. 2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid. Amritsar, 1955 3. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth.

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118. JETHA, BHAI

JETHA, BHAL See Guru Ram Das JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself. JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Gurdas, Bhai, Varan, XI. 17. 2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid. Amritsar, 1955 3.

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119. JHABAL KALAN

JHABAL KALAN (spelt Chabal in Survey of India maps), village 15 km west of Tarn Taran (31°27`N, 74°56`E) in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who came here to perform the marriage of his daughter, Bibi Viro, on 26Jcth 1686 Bk/ 24 May 1629. During the Mughal times Jhabal fell on the main DelhiLahore highway and the road junction here was known as Manak Chowk. The shrine established at the spot consecrated by Guru Hargobind`s stay on the western edge of the village came to be called Gurdwara Manak Chowk.

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120. JHANDA KALAN

JHANDA KALAN, village 7 km south of Sardulgarh (29°42`N, 75°14`E), in Mansa district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh, who, according to Bhai Santokh Singh, Sn Gur Pratdp Suraj Grantli, stayed here overnight while on his way from Talvandi Sabo to Sirsa in 1706. A shrine commemorating the visit was later established, about 200 metres southwest of the village. It was served by a line of Udasi sddhus until the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee took over possession under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1925.

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