RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Guru Angad

1504 - 1552

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Guru Angad (31 March 1504 – 29 March 1552; Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ, pronounced [gʊɾuː əŋgəd̯ᵊ]) was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak for many years, Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad ("my own limb"), and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru. After the death of Nanak in 1539, Angad led the Sikh tradition. He is remembered in Sikhism for adopting and formalising the Gurmukhi alphabet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guru Angad is the 923rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,158th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from India (up from 205th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Angad ranks 923 out of 3,187. Before him are Giuseppe Moscati, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, Killing of Peter Fechter, Sasan, Peter Chrysologus, and Charalambos. After him are Ravi Shankar, Angela of Foligno, Raniero Cantalamessa, Lucian of Antioch, Hélder Câmara, and Angelo Amato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1504, Guru Angad ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius V, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Francesco Primaticcio, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Sin Saimdang. After him are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Heinrich Bullinger, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Antun Vrančić, and Scipione Rebiba. Among people deceased in 1552, Guru Angad ranks 4. Before him are Francis Xavier, Katharina von Bora, and Petrus Apianus. After him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Basil Fool for Christ, Sebastian Münster, Paolo Giovio, Olaus Petri, Antonio de Mendoza, Andreas Osiander, and Pierre Attaingnant.

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In India

Among people born in India, Guru Angad ranks 162 out of 1,861. Before him are Sher Shah Suri (1486), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Bindusara (-320), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Wilfred Bion (1897), and Ashok Kumar (1911). After him are Vikramaditya (-102), Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), Anna Mani (1918), Jayalalithaa (1948), and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Guru Angad ranks 16. Before him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Radha (null), Mahinda (-285), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), and Guru Arjan (1563). After him are Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), Anthony de Mello (1931), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900).

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