From of Chakk No. 55 Burj in Lyallpur district,
was originally from Navah Virianh in Amritsar district and had settled
here as a colonizer after the opening of Lower Chenab Canal Colony
during the 1890's. He had learnt some Gurmukhi in the Gurdwara of
his old village and also knew Urdu. He set apart a room in his own
house where Guru Granth Sahib was seated and a divan held regularly
for morning and evening prayers led by himself. Later, he constructed
another hall where marriage parties coming to the village could
stay. He had himself registered with Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali
as an Akali volunteer, and was one of the jatha which was killed
to a man on 20 February 1921.
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