RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Guru Har Krishan

1656 - 1664

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Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: [ɡʊruː həɾ kɾɪʃən]; 7 July 1656–30 March 1664) also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru), or Hari Krishan Sahib, was the eighth of the ten Sikh gurus. At the age of five, he succeeded his father, Guru Har Rai, and became the youngest guru in Sikhism. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday, with the shortest reign as guru, lasting only two years, five months, and 24 days. He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying "Baba Bakale" before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his grand-uncle Guru Tegh Bahadur as his successor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guru Har Krishan is the 2,414th most popular religious figure (down from 1,853rd in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from India (down from 368th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Har Krishan ranks 2,414 out of 3,187. Before him are Karl Leisner, Suleiman II of Persia, Paul II of Constantinople, László Lékai, John XIII of Constantinople, and Saint Pirmin. After him are Jean-Claude Turcotte, Chlodulf of Metz, John Ribat, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Melchior Hoffman, and Don Alden Adams.

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Among people born in 1656, Guru Har Krishan ranks 13. Before him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferdinand de Marsin. After him are François Le Fort, and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1664, Guru Har Krishan ranks 17. Before him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Jan Janssonius, Salomon de Bray, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Michiel Sweerts, and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Cornelis Pietersz Bega, and Reinier Nooms.

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In India

Among people born in India, Guru Har Krishan ranks 513 out of 1,861. Before him are Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Kajol (1974), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), John Frost (1912), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), and Ram Manohar Lohia (1910). After him are Pankaj Kapur (1954), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), C. N. Annadurai (1909), Margaret Murray (1863), and Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Guru Har Krishan ranks 50. Before him are Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Rukhmabai (1864), Oswald Gracias (1944), and Telesphore Toppo (1939). After him are Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Antony Padiyara (1921), Roberto de Nobili (1577), and Chandramukhi Basu (1860).

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