Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur Executed in Delhi

1675

Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, demanding conversion to Islam, ordered the beheading of the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur, in Chandni Chowk. The Guru had refused to abandon his faith or the Kashmiri Brahmins he had sworn to protect. His martyrdom transformed Sikhism from a peaceful movement into a martial brotherhood under his son, Guru Gobind Singh.