Enlightenment · South Asia · Religion

1708

Death of Guru Gobind Singh

October 7, 1708

The tenth and last human Guru of the Sikhs, having fought the Mughals for years and lost his four sons to them, died near Nanded of wounds from a Pathan assassin. Before dying he declared that henceforth the Guru Granth Sahib, the scripture itself, would be the eternal guru. A religion of the book was fully born.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: June 1, 1707: Maratha Resurgence Under Shahu
After: November 15, 1719: Accession of Muhammad Shah

Before and after in Religion

Before: May 14, 1702: War of the Camisards
After: September 8, 1713: Papal Bull Unigenitus

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Guru Gobind Singh