Sikhism: Gurdwara Rakabganj

Gurdwara Rakabganj

Gurdwara Rakabganj

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Gurdwara Rakabganj, New Delhi, the site where the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, who established the militant order of the Khalsa, was cremated in 1675 after his execution by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

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References

Grewal, J.S, The Sikhs of the Punjab (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990).


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