The Panjab chiefs: historical and biographical notices of the ..., Volume 2

Sir Lepel Henry Griffin, Charles Francis · 1890 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1268 THE PANJAB CHIEFS.

2MISA.B SUKH BAM DAS.

3DHAKPAT.

5Run Jm, Ram Kanr. „

61 Raja Lid Singh

7I Mai.

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9AmirOband Bhagwan Binglu >*1MS>

10B. 1881. ». 1880. I

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12I I 1 I Lakhmir Diwan Kahan Ranbhir Banihir TeJ

13BuxH R^ja Karam Kis^an Clumd Cbaod ChMaA Singh. Singh. Bahad^

14RaxDas Bun Chand Cband ■.1819. B.1858. B. 1862. J Singh..

15B.1882. ..1848. B.18M. B. 18W. ^ 8haJ.h«-

16Damodar Gokal Lakh Raj. f^

17Das. Ohand. *• *•"•

18The family of Misar Sukh Ram Das is of no antiquity.

19Its rise was as sudden as its fall, and its fall was so complete

20that only a brief outline of its history is given here. The

21history of Lai Singh himself was for three years the history

22of the Panjab, and will be found in some detail in other parts

23of this book. Bamjas, the eldest of three brothers, sons of

24a petty Brahman shopkeeper, entered the service of Basti

25Bam, the Treasurer of Sardar Mahan Singh Sukarchakia, as

26a Munshi. He was killed i^ the hill country during a tax-

27collecting expedition in the early part of the reign of Ranjit

28Singh, and was succeeded in his office by his brothers Bam

29Kaur and Jasa Mai. Baja Dhian Singh was the patron of

30the family, and on the death of Basti Bam his influence

31procured the appointment of Jasa Mai to the charge of the

32Bela Toshakhana, or small-service treasury. In 1830 Amir

33Chand received an appointment under his uncle, and in 1832

34Lai Singh and his cousin Bhagwan Singh were taken into

35the treasury. The next year Bhagwan Singh was sent as

36Kardar to Gujrat, and Jasa Mai was allowed to take the con-

37tracts for Bhotas and Jhilam, which he held till his death in

381836. Lai Singh succeeded his father; and when Misar Bell

39Bam was imprisoned for several months by Nao Nahal Singh, on

40account of his connection with Sardar Chet Singh, Lai Singh

41heldhisoffice of Treasurer ; and when, four years later, Beli Bam

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