GURU TEJ BAHADUR
- April 9, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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GURU TEJ BAHADUR
Subject : History
Context : SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today requested that a world-class museum be established in Delhi to showcase the life of Guru Teg Bahadur on the occasion of his 400th birth anniversary.
Concept :
Guru Teg Bahadur (1621-1675)
- Guru Teg Bahadur was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
- One hundred and fifteen of his hymns are in Guru Granth Sahib.
- He stood up for the rights of Kashmiri Pandits who approached him against the imposition jizya tax.
- He was publicly killed in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for refusing to convert.
- In the words of Noel King of the University of California, “Guru Teg Bahadur’s martyrdom was the first-ever martyrdom for human rights in the world.
- He is fondly remembered as ‘Hind di Chaadar’.