Enlightenment · South Asia · Religion
1675
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.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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