Guru Har Krishan, the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus, died in 1664. He was also one of the youngest gurus, having become a guru at the age of five.
Guru Har Krishan was the eighth and final Sikh Guru. When he replaced his father Guru Har Rai as a five-year-old on October 7, 1661, he became Sikhism's youngest guru. When Har Krishan's father, the seventh Sikh Guru, died at the age of 31, he selected Har Krishan as his successor. Guru Har Krishan was exceptionally smart and mature for his age, despite the fact that he was just a tiny child when he donned the Guru Gaddi. On March 30, 1664, the guru just muttered, "Baba Bakala," before passing away. His granduncle Tegh Bahadur, who lived in the town of Baba Bakala, was named as his heir.
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