SIKH GURU SAHIB
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GURU NANAK DEV JI
Oct. - Nov. 1469 A.D. (Rae Bhoi di Talwandi - Nankana Sahib) to Sept. 22, 1539 A.D. (Kartarpur)
Guru Nanak Sahib (the First Nanak, the founder of Sikhism) was born on 20th October, 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present district of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now Nanakana Sahib. The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib falls on Kartik Puranmashi i.e. full moon day of the month Kartik. On this day the Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib is celebrated every year.,..................more.
GURU ANGAD DEV JI
Mar. 31, 1504 A.D. (Matte di Sarae, Dist. Firozpur)
to Mar. 29 1552 A.D. (Khadhur Sahib)
Guru Angad Sahib, (Bhai Lahna ji) was born in the village named
Harike in Ferozepur district in Punjab, on Vaisakh Vadi 1st , (5th
Vaisakh) Samvat 1561, (March 31, 1504). He was the son of a petty trader
named Pheru ji. His mother "s name was Mata Ramo ji (also Kwown as Mata
Sabhirai, Mansa Devi, Daya kaur). Baba Narayan Das Trehan was his grand
father, whose ancestral house was at Matte-di-Sarai near Mukatsar.
Pheru ji shifted back to this place............more.
GURU AMAR DAS JI
May 5, 1479 A.D. (Basarke - Dist. Amritsar)
to Sept. 1, 1574 A.D. (Goindwal - Dist. Amritsar)
Guru Amar Das Sahib, the Third Nanak was born at village Basarke
Gillan in Amritsar district on Vaisakh Sudi 14th, (8th Jeth), Samvat
1536 (5th May 1479). (Some chronicles mention the month of April 1479).
His father Tej Bhan Bhalla and mother Bakht Kaur (also reffered as
Sulakhani and Lakhmi Devi) were orhtodox Hindus and used to pay annual
visits to the Ganges river at Haridwar. Guru Amadas Sahib was married to
Mata Mansa Devi ji and had four childern: two daughters; Bibi Dani ji
and Bibi Bhani ji (she was married to Guru Ramdass Sahib), and two sons;
Mohan ji and Mohri ji.............more.
GURU RAM DAS JI
1534 A.D. (Chuni Mandi - Lahore)
to 1581 A.D. (Goindwal - Dist. Amritsar)
Guru Ramdas Sahib (Jetha ji) was born at Chuna Mandi, Lahore (in
Pakistan), on Kartik Vadi 2nd, (25th Assu) Samvat 1591 (September 24,
1534). Son of Mata Daya Kaur ji (Anup Kaur ji) and Baba Hari Das ji
Sodhi Khatri was very handsome and promising child. His parents were too
poor to meet even the daily needs and he had to earn his bread by
selling boiled grams. His parents died when he was just 7 year old. His
grandmother (mother"s, mother) took him to her native village Basarke.
He spends five years at village Basarke earning his bread by selling
boiled grams...........more.
GURU ARJAN DEV JI
Apr. 15, 1563 A.D. (Goindval - Dist. Amritsar)
to May 30, 1606 A.D. (Lahore)
Guru Arjan Sahib, the youngest son of Guru Ramdas Sahib and
Mata Bhani Ji was born at Goindwal Sahib on Vaisakh Vadi 7th, (19th
Vaisakh) Samvat 1620 (April 15,1563). He learnt Gurmukhi script and
Gurbani from Baba Budha ji. He was also given a suitable education in
Persian, Hindi and Sanskrit languages. The child (Guru) Arjan Sahib
often talked of God and loved to sing His songs. He had two elder
brothers, Prithi Chand ji and Mahadev ji. The former proved to be the
most selfish and the later mostly preferred utter silence.............more.
Jun. 14, 1595 A.D. (Guru ki Vadali - Dist. Amritsar)
to Mar. 3, 1644 A.D. (Kiratpur)
Guru Hargobind Sahib was born at village Guru Ki Wadali
(district Amritsar) on Harh Vadi 7th (21 Harh), Samvat 1652 (19th June,
1595). He was extremely handsome and the only son of Guru Arjan Sahib
and Mata Ganga Ji. He had one daughter Bibi Viro Ji and five sons: Baba
Gurditta Ji, Suraj Mal Ji, Ani Rai Ji, Atal Rai Ji and (Guru) Tegh
Bahadur Ji. Out of these, four sons passed away during the life of Guru
Sahib and the fifth one, ............more.
GURU HAR RAI JI
Feb. 26, 1630 A.D. (Kiratpur - Dist. Ropar)
to Oct. 6, 1661 A.D. (Kiratpur Sahib)
Guru Hargobind Sahib, before his departure for heavenly abode,
nominated his grand son, Har Rai Ji at the tender age of 14, as his
successor (Seventh Nanak), on 3rd March, 1644. Guru Har Rai Sahib was
the son of Baba Gurdita Ji and Mata Nihal Kaur Ji(also known as Mata
Ananti Ji). Guru Har Rai Sahib married to Mata Kishan Kaur Ji (Sulakhni
Ji) daughter of Sri Daya Ram Ji of Anoopshahr (Bulandshahr) in Utter
Pradesh on Har Sudi 3, Samvat 1697. Guru Har Rai Sahib had two sons: Sri
Ram Rai Ji and Sri Har Krishan Sahib Ji(Guru)...........more.
GURU HAR KRISHAN JI
Jul. 7, 1656 A.D. (Kirarpur - Dist. Ropar)
to Mar. 30, 1664 A.D. (Delhi)
Guru Harkrishan Sahib was born on Sawan Vadi 10, (8 Sawan),
Bikrami Samvat 1713, (July 7, 1656) at Kiratpur Sahib. He was the second
son of Guru Har Rai Sahib and Mata Krishan Kaur Ji (Sulakhni Ji). Ram
Rai, the elder brother of Guru Har krishan Sahib was ex-communicated and
disinherited due to his anti-Guru Ghar activities, as stated earlier
and Sri Harkrishan Sahib Ji at the age of about five years, was declared
as Eighth Nanak Guru by his father Guru Har Rai Sahib before his death
in 1661........more.
GURU TEGH BAHADUR JI
Apr. 1, 1621 A.D. (Guru ke Mahal - Dist. Amritsar)
to Nov. 11, 1675 A.D. (Delhi)
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib was born on Vaisakh Vadi 5, (5
Vaisakh), Bikrami Samvat 1678, (1st April, 1621) in the holy city of
Amritsar in a house known as Guru ka Mahal. He had four brothers Baba
Gurditta Ji, Baba Suraj Mal Ji, Baba Ani Rai Ji, Baba Atal Rai Ji and
one sister Bibi Veero Ji. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Guru
Hargobind Sahib and Mata Nanki Ji. His childhood name was Tyag Mal. The
Sikhs began to call him Tegh Bahadur
after the battle of Kartarpur..........more.
GURU GOBIND SINGH JI
Dec. 22, 1666 A.D. (Patna Sahib - Bihar)
to Oct. 7, 1708 A.D. (Nander - Maharastra)
The tenth and the last Guru or Prophet-teacher of the Sikh
faith, was born Gobind Rai Sodhi on Poh 7, 1723 Bikrami Samvat (22
December 1666) at Patna, in Bihar. His father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, the
Ninth Guru, was then traveling across Bengal and Assam. Returning to
Patna in 1670, he directed his family to return to the Punjab. On the
site of the house at Patna in which Gobind Rai was born and where he
spent his early childhood now stands a sacred shrine,
Takht Sri Harimandar Sahib...........more.
