Guru Har Krishan

Guru Har Krishan
Guru Har Krishan
ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ
	Painting of the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Har Krishan, seated on a platform and leaning against a bolster with a red-coloured backdrop
Personal
Born	Kishan Das Sodhi; 7 July 1656; Kiratpur Sahib, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
Died	30 March 1664 (aged 7); Delhi, Mughal Empire
Cause of death	Smallpox
Religion	Sikhism
Parents	Guru Har Rai (father); Mata Krishen Devi (mother);
Other names	Bal Guru ("Child Guru"); Eighth Master; Eighth Nanak; Bala Pritam; Guru Hari Krishan;
Signature
Religious career
Period in office	1661–1664
Predecessor	Guru Har Rai
Successor	Guru Tegh Bahadur

Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: [ɡʊruː həɾ kɾɪʃən]; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664^[1]) also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru),^[2]or Hari Krishan Sahib,^[3]^[4] was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he succeeded his father, Guru Har Rai,^[2] and became the youngest Guru in Sikhism. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday. It is said that he died because he contracted smallpox while successfully curing his followers.^[3]

He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying "Baba Bakale" before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his granduncle Guru Tegh Bahadur as the next successor.^[2]^[3] Guru Har Krishan had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only two years, five months and 24 days.

^ ^a ^b ^c Mohindar Pal Kohli (1992). Guru Tegh Bahadur: Testimony of Conscience. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-81-7201-234-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c HS Singha (2009), The Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Hemkunt Press, ISBN 978-8170103011, pages 96–97
^ ^a ^b ^c Louis E. Fenech; W. H. McLeod (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.
^ Pashaura Singh; Louis E. Fenech (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 951. ISBN 978-0-19-100412-4.

[Kohli1992p12-1] Mohindar Pal Kohli (1992). Guru Tegh Bahadur: Testimony of Conscience. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-81-7201-234-2.

[singha-2] HS Singha (2009), The Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Hemkunt Press, ISBN 978-8170103011, pages 96–97

[Fenech2014p148-3] Louis E. Fenech; W. H. McLeod (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.

[4] Pashaura Singh; Louis E. Fenech (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 951. ISBN 978-0-19-100412-4.

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