Person · eighth Sikh Guru
Guru Har Krishan
Also known as Har Krishan, Guru Har Krishanji
Guru Har Krishan Ji (7 July 1656 - 30 March 1664), the eighth Sikh Guru from 1661 to 1664 — the youngest Sikh Guru and the one who had the shortest tenure (died at age 7). Born at Kiratpur Sahib to Guru Har Rai (seventh Guru), he was appointed Guru by his father in 1661 at age 5, bypassing his elder brother Ram Rai (who had curried favour with Aurangzeb). Summoned to Delhi by Aurangzeb in 1664 on the pretext of a court audience, he stayed at Mirza Raja Jai Singh of Amber's bungalow (modern-day Bangla Sahib). During his stay a cholera and smallpox epidemic struck Delhi; he tended to disease victims regardless of caste or religion and himself contracted smallpox, dying on 30 March 1664 at age 7. His last gesture pointing to Bakala indicated Guru Tegh Bahadur as his successor.
- Date
- 1656–1664
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Sikh gurus
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Samadhi atBangla Sahib, New Delhi
Guru Har Krishan died at Bangla Sahib (then the bungalow of Mirza Raja Jai Singh I of Amber in Delhi) on 30 March 1664 at age 7 from smallpox contracted while tending to disease victims during a Delhi epidemic. His last gesture pointing to Baba Bakala indicated Guru Tegh Bahadur as his successor. The 1783 Gurdwara Bangla Sahib was built at the site of his death.
Sources
Standard biography.
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