Chiefs and families of note in the Punjab

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8Jiwan Singh

9SIALKOT DISTRICT.

10was sent with

11Sahib, or Sikh templo.

12remained thoroughly

13fidelity.

14it

15I

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17to Amritsar

18to guard

19the Darbar

20During the Second Sikh' W a r the old Sardar

21loyal, and

22gave more

23than

24one proof of Ins

25On annexation the rogiment was taken over by the British,

26and formed the nucleus of what is now known as the 19th Punjab

27Infantry.

28Jiwan Singh was confirmed in the position of commandant

29with the rank of Colonel, and a personal allowance of Rs. 300 per

30mensem was

31granted as

32a return

33for

34his services,

35the value

36of

37which is set forth in a letter of the Board of Administration in the

38following term s:

39“ H e is tho only Sikh officer in the Punjab who

40not only remained faithful to his trust, but by his ability and address

41managed to keep his regiment faithful also.”

42Shortly after he had

43taken up the honourable and responsible duties of his new command

44at Amritsar, hearing one day that

45two drunken European

46soldiers

47were making a disturbance in the bazar, he went to persuade them

48to return to

49their barracks

50trying to got them to

51lying in a shop and

52Thus died, after

53in Fort G-obindgarh.

54leave tho city,

55killed the old man by a

56long

57years

58W h ile * he was

59one of them seized a sword

60blow on the neck.

61of service, every one of

62which

63was

64marked by some stout

65action or feat of arms, one

66of

67and most blameless

68a gallant

69The Governor-

70General of India,

71of

72in

73a

74letter

75and loyal

76written on

77race.

78receiving

79the bravest

80news of

81the

82murder, wliilo expressing the personal esteem he felt for tho deceased,

83speaks of his death as

84so well.”

85“ a public loss to the State he had served

86In the same letter the Viceroy sanctioned the continuance

87of tho Rs. 300 jagir to the heirs male of

88perpetuity, and in

89of Rs.

902,000

91per annum in cash pensions to several members of the family.

92The

93Commander-in-Chief

94his loss.

95addition

96Colonel Jiwan Singh in

97sanctioned the allotment

98published

99a

100special

101Tho next brother, Sardar Sham

102General Order

103Singh, a cavalry

104lamenting

105officer under

106Kharak Singh, lost- his life at tho hands of a band of dacoits when

107on his way

108His

109to Peshawar to rejoin his regiment from leave in 1843.

110widow and throe sons were each

111the British Government.

112Sardar Fateh

113granted a small pension

114by

115Singh joined

116Dil

117tho

118Shor

119Regiment some time after his brother, and was confirmed subsequent ly

120as a Subadav in the 19th Punjab Infantry.

121Ho served throughout the

122Mutiny with distinction, and retired on an invalid pension in 1809.