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Guru Gobind Singh ji (Points for essay – Do not translate each sentence for your essay) Guru Gobind Singh ji was the tenth and last living Guru of the Sikhs. He was born on December 22, 1666 in Patna, the capital of Bihar. He was called Gobind Rai at that time. His father was Guru Teg Bahadur and mother Mata Gujri. At a young age, he was taught several languages. He was also made an expert in using weapons and horse-back riding. Gobind Rai was 9 years old when the Kashmiri pandits came to his father for help. Aurangzeb was the cruel emperor at that time. He was forcing the Hindus to become Muslims. Gobind Rai asked his father to sacrifice his life to save the Hindu religion. In history, Sikh religion is the only one in which someone sacrificed himself to save another religion. Guru Teg Bahadur ji was martyred on November 10, 1675 in Delhi. After this Gobind Rai became our Guru. One of his biggest contribution to the Sikh religion was the establishment of the Khalsa Panth. He baptized the Panj Piyaras and then be got baptized from them. From Gobind Rai he became Guru Gobind Singh ji. In the world, Sikh religion is the only religion in which a Guru was baptized by his disciples. Guru ji was becoming very popular and his enemies could not stand it. They wanted to kill him. In the battle of Chamkaur, his two elder sons were martyred. At the same time Mata Gujri also passed away. The two younger sons were bricked alive and achieved martyrdom. When asked why he got his children killed, he said ‘So what if I lost 4 sons; now many thousands will stay alive’. In 1708 Guru ji was in Nanderh when two Pathans attacked him. Due to the deep wounds, he passed away a few days later. Before passing away, he made Guru Granth Sahib ji as our shabad Guru forever. .

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