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A Fresco of Guru Gobind Singh and The Panj Piare in Gurdwara Bhai Than Singh built in the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh requested the Sikhs to congregate at Anandpur on Vaisakhi (the annual spring harvest festival). [56] According to the Sikh tradition, he asked for a volunteer. One came forward, whom he took inside ...
This list includes all battles fought by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Following the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, tensions rose between the Mughals and the Sikhs. [1] Both Mughal administration and Aurangzeb's army had an active interest in the Guru. The Mughal emperor issued an order to exterminate Guru Gobind Singh and his family ...
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Sikh guru, started the Khalsa tradition and fought further battles against the Mughals and their allies. Before Guru Gobind Singh's passing in 1708, he appointed his newly converted Sikh, Banda Singh Bahadur as the leader of the Khalsa Fauj and ordered him to go fight in Punjab.
Guru Teg Bahadur's death provided the impetus for his son, the tenth Guru Gobind Singh, to impose an outward form of Sikh identity as well as pride in his father's martyrdom. [12] To avoid fear and demoralization, he instituted a new Sikh order called Khalsa , founded on discipline and loyalty, and martyrdom became one of its foundations.
Guru Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː ɦəɾᵊgoːbɪn̯d̯ᵊ] 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]
In the course of a long action near Anandpur, northeast of Ludhiana, Painda Khan was killed—reputedly in single combat by Guru Gobind Singh. After Painde Khan's death, Din Beg assumed the command of his troops. [citation needed] However, he failed to overpower the Guru's forces. The hill Rajas fled from the battlefield, and Din Beg was forced ...
A Brief Account Of The Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh's Death at Nanded - An Examination Of Succession Theories; A Diary Of The Partition Days 1947, The Panjab in 1839–40: Selections from the Punjab Akhbars
Zorawar Singh (Punjabi: ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦਾ ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ ਸਿੰਘ, pronunciation: [säːɦɪbd͡ʒäːd̪ɛ d͡ʒoɾäːʋaɾ sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; 17 November 1696 – 5 or 6 December 1705 [1]), alternatively spelt as Jorawar Singh, [2] was a son of Guru Gobind Singh who was executed in the court of Wazir Khan, the Mughal ...