Guru Har Krishan
Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: [ɡʊruː həɾ kɾɪʃən]; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. According to Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (National Professor of Sikh History), Guru Harkrishan was born on 20 July 1652. At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday. It is said that he died because he contracted smallpox while successfully curing his followers.
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ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ | |
Painting of the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Har Krishan, seated on a platform and leaning against a bolster with a red-coloured backdrop | |
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| Born | Kishan Das Sodhi 7 July 1656 Kiratpur Sahib, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 30 March 1664 (aged 7) Delhi, Mughal Empire |
| Cause of death | Smallpox |
| Religion | Sikhism |
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| Period in office | 1661–1664 |
| Predecessor | Guru Har Rai |
| Successor | Guru Tegh Bahadur |
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He is also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru), and sometimes spelled in Sikh literature as Hari Krishan Sahib. He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying "Baba Bakale" before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his granduncle Guru Tegh Bahadur as the next successor. Har Krishan had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only two years, five months and 24 days.