Guru Tegh Bahadur

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The President of India pays tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur on the eve of martyrdom Day(Shaheedi Divas)

A brief history of Guru Teg Bahadur(Tyag Mal)

He was born on 1st April 1621in Amritsar
He was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
His 115 hymns are in Guru Granth Sahib .They cover a wide range of topics, such as the nature of God, human attachments, body, mind, sorrow, dignity, service, death and deliverance.
His works include 116 shabads, 15 ragas, and his bhagats are credited with 782 compositions that are part of bani in Sikhism
He was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind(6th Guru) and also the father of 10th Guru, Gobind singh
Tegh Bahadur resisted the forced conversion of the Hindu Kashmiri Pandits and non-Muslims to Islam and was publicly killed in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for himself refusing to obey the orders of the emperor.
Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Delhi is the location where Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed.
Tegh Bahadur sacrificed his life to protect religion, human values, ideals and principles.
His sacrifice is remembered with great reverence in Sikhism
24th November is celebrated as Shaheedi Divas by Sikhs to remember Guru Tegh Bahadur