Guru Hargobind

Guru Hargobind

Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ ) also Saccha Padshah (ਸੱਚਾ ਪਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ "True Emperor") (born 5 July 1595–died 19 March 1644 ). According to another tradition, he was born on 5th of July 1595. He was the sixth of the Sikh gurus and became Guru on 25 May 1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev. He was not, perhaps, more than eleven at his father's execution. Before ascension, he nominated Guru Har Rai, his grandson as the next Guru of the Sikhs.

From the very beginning, he was the deadly enemy of the Mughal Empire.