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]) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. According to Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (National Professor of Sikh History), Guru Harkrishan was born on 20 July 1652.^[2] At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661,^[1] succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai.^[3] 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.^[4]

He is also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru),^[3] and sometimes spelled in Sikh literature as Hari Krishan Sahib.^[4]^[5] 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.^[3]^[4] Har Krishan had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only two years, five months and 24 days.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mohindar Pal Kohli (1992). Guru Tegh Bahadur: Testimony of Conscience. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-81-7201-234-2.
^ Sikh History in 10 Volumes.
^ ^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.

[2] Sikh History in 10 Volumes.

[singha-3] HS Singha (2009), The Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Hemkunt Press, ISBN 978-8170103011, pages 96–97

[Fenech2014p148-4] Louis E. Fenech; W. H. McLeod (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4422-3601-1.

[5] 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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