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Sri Guru Har Krishan Ji

Eighth Sikh guru from 1661 to 1664

Sri Guru Har Krishan Ji (1656–1664)

The eighth Guru, who became Guru at the age of five. He served the sick during a smallpox outbreak in Delhi; Gurdwara Bangla Sahib commemorates this.

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Sri Guru Har Krishan Ji
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Guru Har Krishan also known as Bal Guru, or Hari Krishan Sahib, was the eighth of the ten Sikh gurus. At the age of five, he succeeded his father, Guru Har Rai, and became the youngest guru in Sikhism. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday, with the shortest reign as guru, lasting only two years, five months, and 24 days.

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