NANO LATKAN. BHAI, a Bindrao Khatri, was initiated a Sikh by Guru Arjan. The Guru instructed him in the virtue of humility. Bhai Nano lived up to the time of Guru Hargobind and, according to Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratdp Suraj Granth, came to be known as a skilled archer. He was killed in the battle of Ruhela in 1629. See. Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 27
Narula, Surinder Singh is a technique-conscious novelist, whose Peo putar (Father and the son, 1946) gave a fresh thematic dimension to the Punjabi novel. His literary corpus includes 12 novels, 7 collections of short stories, some collection of poems and few books of literary critcism, both in Punjabi and English. He was born in Amritsar and after graduating from Khalsa College, Amritsar, with three medals to his credit, he joined the State Secretariat in 1938; but after doing his M.A. in English (1942), he joined as a Lecturer at the local Khalsa College. Afterwards, he was at Rawalpindi (Khalsa College) for a short period, and then after joining Government Service he was posted at different other colleges.
PIARA, BHAI, a RandhavaJatt, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Hargobind. When the Guru was...
RAJA RAM (d. 1644), a Rajput Sikh of the time of Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), was so deeply attached to the Guru that, according to Maubid Zulfiqar Ardastani, Dabistdni Mazdhib, he immolated himself on his funeral pyre. "Placing his [Guru Hargobind`s] body on firewood, as they," says Zulfiqar Ardastani, a contemporary chronicler who had met the Guru at Kiratpur only a few months earlier, "set it alight and as the flames rose high, a Rajput named Raja Ram, who was his servant, flung himself into the fire. He walked a few paces on the fire till he conveyed himself to the feet of the Guru. He placed his face on the soles of his [Guru`s] feet and did not move till he gave away his life... After that a large number [of people) wanted to jump in. (But) Guru Har Rai forbade them to do so."
RAMU, BHAI, a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Amar Das. He received the rites of initiation at the hands of the Guru at the time of the latter`s visit to his village, Dalla, now in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. As he heard of the Guru`s arrival, he, accompanied by Bhai Dipa, Bhai Ugrasain and Bhai Nagaun, waited on him to seek instruction. The name figures in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 16.
SALHO, BHAI (d. 1628), a prominent Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan, rendered devoted service during the excavation of the sacred tank and the construction of the Harimandar at Amritsar. He was especially assigned to keeping record of all receipts and expenditure, in cash as well as in kind. Later, Guru Arjan entrusted to him the general administration of Amritsar, and he induced many people to come and settle in the town. Bhai Salho was among those chosen to accompany the marriage party of (Guru) Hargobind in January 1605.
SUJA, BHAI, a Dhavan Khatri, was a pious Sikh of tlie time of Guru Arjan. His name is included among the Guru`s devotees in Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala.
Sethi, Surjit Singh (1928 - ) was born at Gujarkhan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He did his M.A. in English and submitted his thesis on Ibsenism (Dramatics) for Ph.D. Primarily a playwright, he writes short stories and novels also. His first full-length play, Coffee house (1958), is a portrayal of \'hollow men\'. Kacha ghada (The earthen pitcher, 1960) and Kadaryar (1960) give new dimensions to the well-recognised figures of romances. King, Mirza te sapera (1965) and Mard mard nahin, tivin tivin nahin (Man is not a man and woman is not a woman) are his experiments in absurd drama.
Singh \'Padam\', Piara was born in 1912. He has written on different subjects in a popular manner, Hindustani Kala (Indian Art), Hindustani Kavi (Indian Poets), Hindustani Kavita (Indian Poetry) provide simple information about the subjects indicated in the titles. Sola Kalan (Sixteen Arts) and Kalam de Dhani (Master of the Pen) similarly afford elementary information about Indian writers. In Panj Darya (Five Rivers), he offers a simple study of five major religions of the world.
TARU, BHAI, devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das whose name occurs in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 17.
