GURU TEG BAHADUR

Subject: Culture

Context: PM Modi offers prayers at Sis GanjGurudwara, pays tributes to Guru Teg Bahadur.

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’.