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Parent(s)
Guru Arjan and Mata Ganga
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Building the Akal Takhat
Founder of the Akal Sena
First Guru to engage in warfare
Advising the Sikhs to take part in military training and martial arts
Establish the Miri piri
Founding Kiratpur Sahib and Hargobindpur
Started Gatka, a Sikh martial arts
Supervising the creation of the Taus
Other names
The Sixth Master Saccha Paatshah The Master of Miri Piri Sixth Nanak
Signature
Military service
Battles/wars
Wars:
Early Mughal-Sikh Wars
Fighting the following battles:
Battle of Rohilla
Battle of Kartarpur
Battle of Amritsar (1634)
Battle of Lahira or Gurusar
Battle of Phagwara
Battle of Kiratpur
(For detailed list see List of Battles of Guru Hargobind
Religious career
Predecessor
Guru Arjan
Successor
Guru Har Rai
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Guru Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuːɦəɾᵊgoːbɪn̯d̯ᵊ]l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644) was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir.[2]
Guru Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, likely as a response to his father's execution and to protect the Sikh community.[3][4] He symbolized it by wearing two swords, representing the dual concept of mīrī and pīrī (temporal power and spiritual authority). In front of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht (the throne of the timeless one). The Akal Takht represents the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) today.
^Fauja Singh (2009). "HARGOBIND, GURU (1595–1644)". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University, Patiala. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^HS Syan (2013), Sikh Militancy in the Seventeenth Century, IB Tauris, ISBN 978-1780762500, pages 48–55
^John F. Richards (1995). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 97–98, 177–178. ISBN 978-0-521-56603-2.
^Hargobind: Sikh Guru, Encyclopedia Britannica, Quote: "Guru Hargobind, sixth Sikh Guru, who developed a strong Sikh army and gave the Sikh religion its military character, in accord with the instructions of his father, Guru Arjan (1563–1606), the first Sikh martyr, who had been executed on the order of the Mughal emperor Jahangir."; "After Jahāngīr’s death (1627) the new Mughal emperor, Shāh Jahān, persecuted the Sikh community in earnest. The Sikhs under Hargobind Sahib defeated Shāh Jahān’s armies four times, crushing the myth of Mughal invincibility. To the Sikh ideals of his predecessor, Guru Hargobind thus added another: the right and duty of the Sikhs to defend their faith by the sword if necessary."
GuruHargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː ɦəɾᵊgoːbɪn̯d̯ᵊ]l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644) was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh...
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directly opposite the Harmandir Sahib was founded by sixth Sikh Guru, GuruHargobind, as a symbol of political sovereignty and where spiritual and temporal...
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for the Sikhs. Guru Nanak Dev is said to have visited this place when it was little more than a wilderness. GuruHargobind, the sixth Guru spent the last...
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Chand and celebrate it there to date. He was a disciple of Guru Arjan and served GuruHargobind for most of his life. He was born into a Jat Sikh family...
against Jehangir. Guru Arjan Dev Ji refused to convert to Islam when he was given the choice. GuruHargobind became the sixth guru of the Sikhs. He carried...
GuruHargobind Thermal Plant (GHTP Lehra Mohabbat) is located on National Highway No. 7 (earlier NH 64) which runs from Bathinda to Chandigarh. The Generators...
Himalayas during this period. Around this time, he met the sixth Sikh GuruHargobind at Srinagar.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022|reason=Your explanation...
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succeeded Guru Nanak; Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan, and GuruHargobind. On installation of the Adi Granth, a compilation of Sikh scripture...
of expressing their devotion to the faith. Udasis were commanded by GuruHargobind and his successors to found dharamsals in the distant reaches of the...
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by the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in 1699. It replaced the Akal Sena that had been established by the sixth guru, GuruHargobind. Guru Gobind Singh...
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