The Punjab Chiefs Vol-i

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1THE PANJAB CHIEFS.

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3DIWAN NAEINDAR NATH.

4Pandit Kawal Ram.

5Thakar Paishad.

7Bawani Parsliad

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10Jia Lai,

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12PANDIT KISHAN DAS.

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14Pandit Ganga Ham.

15Diwan Ajudhia Parshad A Daughter.

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17I Utam Nath

18Diwan Bai] Nath n, 1867.

19n. 1876.

20Diwan Nabindab Nath

21B. 1864.

22The family of Diwan Ajudbia Parshad is of the Brahman

23caste, and originally came from Kashmir. It claims to belong

24to the family known as Swaman Gotam, descended from the

25famous 7'ikhi or sage, Gotama, who was born about 620 B. 0.

26on the lower Ganges. It is also known as Chachbali, from the

27mohala, or district, in Kashmir, which was its residence.

28The Mahomedan religion was established in Kashmir in

29the year 1S26 by Shamshudin Shah. For nearly a hundred

30years no severe measures were taken against the Hindus ; but

31when Sakandar, named Bhut-shikan or the Iconoclast, became

32King, the Brahman Pandits had much difficulty in preserving

33their religion and their lives. The ancestors of Ajudhia

34Parshad studied Persian as a sort of compromise, and con-

35trived to live in tolerable security till the conquest of Kash-

36mir by Ah m ad Shah Abdali in 1752. The Hindus were now

37exposed to constant persecution, and many emigrated to

38Hindustan and the Panjab. Among the emigrants was Pandit

39Kishan Das, grandfather of Ajudhia Parshad. He was a

40good scholar, and without difficulty obtained a situation

41under the Dehli Emperors, which he held till his death.

42His son Ganga Bam, who was born at Bampur near

43Benares, entered the service of the Maharaja of Gwalior, and

44was placed with Colonel Louis Burquien, one of the French

45officers in Sindia’s service, under General Perron. Here the