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Guru Amar Das

1479 - 1574

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Guru Amar Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː əməɾᵊ d̯aːsᵊ]; 5 May 1479 – 1 September 1574), sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73. Before becoming a Sikh (Shishya from Sanskrit), on a pilgrimage after having been prompted to search for a guru, he heard his nephew's wife, Bibi Amro, reciting a hymn by Guru Nanak, and was deeply moved by it. Amro was the daughter of Guru Angad, the second Guru of the Sikhs. Amar Das persuaded Amro to introduce him to her father. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guru Amar Das is the 1,624th most popular religious figure (down from 1,389th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from India (down from 260th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Amar Das ranks 1,624 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Martial, Armand de Périgord, Germanus of Auxerre, Joseph W. Tobin, Raymonde de Laroche, and Aldegonde. After him are Amoghavajra, Euthymius of Tarnovo, Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, John Dew, Joannicius III of Constantinople, and Celestino Aós Braco.

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Among people born in 1479, Guru Amar Das ranks 11. Before him are Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Diego Columbus, Peter Henlein, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, and Francisco de Montejo. After him are Catherine of York, Philip I, Margrave of Baden, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1574, Guru Amar Das ranks 14. Before him are Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Ebussuud Efendi, and Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. After him are Louis of Nassau, Damião de Góis, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Joachim Camerarius, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, and Gáspár Heltai.

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In India

Among people born in India, Guru Amar Das ranks 304 out of 1,861. Before him are Jaswant Singh (1938), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Charan Singh (1902), Andal (800), and Sankardev (1449). After him are Abdul Karim (1863), Kuvempu (1904), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Michael Radford (1946), and Shantanu (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Guru Amar Das ranks 31. Before him are Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Jayadeva (1170), Śāntarakṣita (725), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Coutts (1945), and Meher Baba (1894). After him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Zakir Naik (1965), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Tilopa (928), Saint Alphonsa (1910), and Inayat Khan (1882).

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