# | Name | Date of birth | Guruship on | Date of death | Age at death | Major Contributions & Death | Father | Mother |
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1 | Guru Nanak | 15 April 1469 | 20 August 1507 | 22 September 1539 | 69 | * Founded Sikhism * Died of natural causes | Mehta Kalu | Mata Tripta |
2 | Guru Angad | 31 March 1504 | 7 September 1539 | 29 March 1552 | 48 | * Prohibited visit & worship of Muslims religious places by Sikhs * Humayunsought help from Guru Ji against Sher Shah Suri * Died of natural causes | Baba Pheru | Mata Ramo |
3 | Guru Amar Das | 5 May 1479 | 26 March 1552 | 1 September 1574 | 95 | * Established Manji & Piri system of religious missions for men and women respectively * Strengthened the Langar community kitchen system * AskedAkbar to stop the persecution of Hindus and Sikhs by removing oppressive and discriminatory Islamic Jizya tax on Hindus * Died of natural causes | Tej Bhan Bhalla | Bakht Kaur |
4 | Guru Ram Das | 24 September 1534 | 1 September 1574 | 1 September 1581 | 46 | * Formulated Anand Karaj Sikh marriage ceremony * Asked Akbar to stop the persecution of Hindus and Sikhs by removing oppressive and discriminatory Islamic Jizya tax on Hindus * died of natural causes | Baba Hari Das | Mata Daya Vati |
5 | Guru Arjan | 15 April 1563 | 1 September 1581 | 30 May 1606 | 43 | * 1st Sikh guru killed by Muslims * Mughal Emperor Jahangir ordered him to be tortured and sentenced to death | Rām Dās | Mata Bhani |
6 | Guru Har Gobind | 19 June 1595 | 25 May 1606 | 28 February 1644 | 48 | * Instituted the practice of maintaining armed legion of Sikh warrior-saints as protector of oppressed Hindus and Sikhs * Waged wars against Muslimrulers Jahangir and Shah Jahan * Died of natural causes | Arjun Dēv | Mata Ganga |
7 | Guru Har Rai | 16 January 1630 | 3 March 1644 | 6 October 1661 | 31 | * Established Sheltered Dara Shikoh; persecuted by vengeful Aurangzebwho framed charges of anti-Islamic blasphemy against Guru Ji and Skih verses of Guru Granth Sahib * Died of natural causes | Baba Gurditta | Mata Nihal Kaur |
8 | Guru Har Krishan | 7 July 1656 | 6 October 1661 | 30 March 1664 | 7 | * Forcibly summoned to Delhi by persecutor Aurangzeb under framed charges * Died of Smallpox at the age of 8 | Hari Rā'i | Mata Krishan Kaur |
9 | Guru Tegh Bahadur | 1 April 1621 | 20 March 1665 | 11 November 1675 | 54 | * Called Hind-di-Chadaar (Protector of India) * Protected Kashmiri Panditsagainst forced conversions by Muslims * Contributed many hymns (Shlokas) to Guru Granth Sahib * Spread Skihism far and wide to Bihar andAssam * Persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and executed by Aurangzeb | Hari Gōbind | Mata Nanki |
10 | Guru Gobind Singh | 22 December 1666 | 11 November 1675 | 7 October 1708 | 41 | * Founded Khalsa in 1699 * Last Sikh Guru in human form * Passed the Guruship of the Sikhs to the Guru Granth Sahib * Died of complications from stab wounds inflicted by Pashtun assassins sent by Mughal governorWazir Khan | Tēġ Bahādur | Mata Gujri |
11 | Guru Granth Sahib | n/a | 7 October 1708 | n/a | n/a | Final and last, eternal living guru | - | - |
Friday 29 May 2015
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