1. Shahidi Dhan Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev ji Maharaj
GURU ARJAN DEV JI is the fifth Guru of the Sikhs.
GURU ARJAN DEV JI was born on 1563 in GOINDVAL SAHIB.
He was the youngest son of GURU RAM DAS JI and BIBI BHANI JI.
GURU ARJAN DEV JI had two brothers- PRITHI CHAND and BABA MAHADEV JI
GURU ARJAN DEV JI was married to MATA GANGA JI.
GURU ARJAN DEV JI had one son- GURU HARGOBIND JI.
He assumed Gurgaddi on August 31, 1581.
GURU JI got the GURUSHIP from his father GURU RAM DAS JI on 1591.
GURU JI got martyrdom on 1606, after the orders of MUGHAL Emperor Jahangir
in Lahore.
Guru Arjan included the compositions of both
Hindu and Muslim saints which he considered
consistent with the teachings of Sikhism.
In 1606, the Muslim Emperor Jahangir ordered
that he be tortured and sentenced to death
after he refused to remove all Islamic and
Hindu references from the Holy book.
He was made to sit on a burning hot sheet
while boiling hot sand was poured over his
body.
After enduring five days of unrelenting torture
Guru Arjan was taken for a bath in the river.
As thousands watched he entered the river
never to be seen again.
Guru ji became the first great martyr in Sikh history.
He was only forty-three years old at the time of his
supreme sacrifice. Sikhs celebrate that great day
every year.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev ji Maharaj.