Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Ten Sikh Gurus

01.

 

Guru Nanak Dev (1449 - 1538)

Founder of Sikh Religion

02.

 

Guru Angad (1538 - 1552)

Father of 'Gurumukhi' script

03.

 

Guru Amardas(1552 - 1574)

Struggle against Sati & Purdah System, established 22 Gaddis.

04.

 

Guru Ramdas (1574 - 1581)

Setup Amritsar, Akbar had made available land

05.

 

Guru Arjun Dev (1581 - 1606)

Laid Foundation of Golden Temple and collected Grantha ''Guru Grantha Sahib'' (Harmandir). Jahangir executed him.

06.

 

Guru Hargovind Singh (1606 - 1645)

Changed Sikh to a warrior community setup Akal Takht.

07.

 

Guru Har Rai (1644 - 1661)

08.

 

Guru Harkishan (1661 - 1664)

09.

 

Guru Teg Bahadur (1664 - 1675)

Aurangzeb executed him for not accepting Islam.

10.

 

Guru Gobind Singh

Setup Khalasa Army and constituted 'Pahul' a norm for Sikhism.

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