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Age
Date of Guruship Date of at
# Name birth on death death Major Life highlights Father Mother
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2 Guru 31 March 7 29 March 48 * Spiritual revelations Baba Mata
Angad 1504 September 1552 registered as 63 Saloks Pheru Ramo
1539 (stanzas) in Guru Granth
Sahib * Established new
religious institutions to
strengthen the base of
Sikhism * Standardized
and popularized the
Gurumukhi Script*
Opened many new
schools * Started the
tradition of Mall Akhara
for physical as well as
spiritual development *
Popularized and
expanded the institution
of Guru ka Langar * Died
of natural causes
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4 Guru 24 1 1 46 * 638 hymns in 30 ragas Baba Mata
Ram September September September in the Guru Granth Hari Daya
Das 1534 1574 1581 Sahib, which include 246 Das Vati
Padei, 138 Saloks, 31
Ashtpadis and 8 Vars *
Composed the four
Lawans (stanzas) of the
Anand Karaj, a distinct
marriage code for Sikhs
separate from the
orthodox and traditional
Hindu Vedi system* Laid
the foundation stone of
Chak Ramdas or
Ramdas Pur, now called
Amritsar * Strongly
decried superstitions,
caste system and
pilgrimages *Died of
natural causes
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8 Guru 7 July 6 October 30 March 7 * Forcibly summoned to Hari Mata
Har 1656 1661 1664 Delhi (the imperial capital Rā'i Krishan
Krishan of Aurangzeb) under Kaur
framed charges * Died of
the age of 8 due to
smallpox, which he
contracted while healing
the sick people during an
epidemic.
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