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Guru Hargobind

1595 - 1644

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Guru Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː ɦəɾᵊgoːbɪn̯d̯ᵊ]l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644) was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, likely as a response to his father's execution and to protect the Sikh community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guru Hargobind has received more than 1,460,932 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Guru Hargobind is the 8,956th most popular politician (down from 8,425th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from India (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guru Hargobind ranks 8,956 out of 15,577. Before him are Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Sergei Kruglov, Andrey II of Vladimir, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Ur-Zababa, and Bronisław Geremek. After him are Koca Davud Pasha, Amykos, Holger Nielsen, Artúr Görgei, Michel Le Tellier, and Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Guru Hargobind ranks 12. Before him are Alessandro Algardi, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Vasile Lupu, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Antonio Maria Abbatini. After him are Albert Girard, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Pieter de Molijn, Jean Desmarets, Heo Mok, and Henry Lawes. Among people deceased in 1644, Guru Hargobind ranks 11. Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Bernardo Strozzi, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, and Agostino Tassi. After him are Luis Vélez de Guevara and Geoffrey Keating.

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In India

Among people born in India, Guru Hargobind ranks 304 out of 1,493. Before him are M. N. Roy (1887), Gupta (240), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Chittaranjan Das (1869), and Baba Amte (1914). After him are Zail Singh (1916), Nargis (1929), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), and Ram Prasad Bismil (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Guru Hargobind ranks 98. Before him are Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Birbal (1528), Rajaram I (1670), Gupta (240), and Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921). After him are Zail Singh (1916), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Jahanara Begum (1614), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), and Chandra Shekhar (1927).

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