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Guru Nanak Dev ji (1469 - 1539) |
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 Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in
the Sheikhupura district, 65 kms. west of Lahore. His father
was a village official in the local revenue administration.
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Guru Angad Dev ji (1539-1552) |
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 Guru Angad
invented the present form of the Gurmukhi script. It became the
medium of writing the Punjabi language in which the hymns of the Gurus are
expressed This step had a far-reaching purpose and impact.
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Sri Guru Amardas ji (1552-1574) |
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 Sri Guru Amar Das, though
born in 1479, became the Guru in 1552 when he was in
his seventies.
Guru Amardas ji were born as Bhalla Khatri at village Basarke about
13 kms south-west of Amritsar. His father was Tej Bhan Bhalla,, a local
petty trader.
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Guru Ram das ji (1574- 1581) |
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 Sri Guru Ram
Das ji are known to be the Chauthi Patshahi or the Fourth Guru as well as
Guru who established the city of Amritsar. Sri Guru Ramdas ji kept alive
the tradition of first three Gurus.
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Guru Arjan Dev ji (1581-1606) |
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 Guru Arjun's multifarious
activities, apart from making a very major
contribution to the organisation of the mission, demonstrate, as laid down by
Guru Nanak, that no field of life, whether temporal, social or political, is
excluded for the operation of a mystic.
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Guru Hargobind ji (1606-1644) |
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 While in prison, before his execution at Lahore, Guru Arjun had sent a
message to his son, Guru Hargobind, then aged only eleven, that he should
henceforth maintain an army. At the very time of his installation as Guru, he
insisted that he should wear two swords.
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Guru Har Rai Ji (1630 - 1661) |
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 The
seventh Guru of the Sikh faith, was the son of Baba
Gurditta and grandson of Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI. He was born on 16 January 1630
at Kiratpur, in present-day Ropar district of the Punjab. In 1640, he was married to
Sulakkhani, daughter of Daya Ram of Anupshahr, in Bulandshahr district of Uttar
Pradesh.
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Guru Har Krishan ji (1661 - 1664) |
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 Guru
Har Rai passed away on October 6, 1661. Guru Har Krishan
consoled the disciples. He asked them not to give way
to despair but abide by the Will of the Almighty. All should sing God's
praises and not weep or lament.
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Guru Tegh Bahadur ji (1664 - 1675 ) |
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 Guru
Tegh Bahadur, the youngest of the five sons of Guru Hargobind,
was born in Amritsar in the early hours of April 1, 1621. As the
news spread at daybreak, Sikhs hurried to the presence of Guru
Hargobind to offer their felicitations.
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Nanak X. Guru Gobind Singh ji(1675 - 1708) |
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 The
tenth and the last Guru or Prophet-teacher of the Sikh faith, was born
Gobind Rai Sodhi on Poh 7,
1723 sk/22 December 1666 at Patna, in Bihar. His father, Guru Tegh
Bahadur,
the Ninth Guru, was then travelling across Bengal and Assam.
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Guru Granth Sahib ji (1708 - Present (and future)) |
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 Guru Granth
Sahib is a Granth (book) originally compiled by Fifth Guru and named as Adi
Granth, and later recompiled by all the gurus that followed him.
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