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| Guru Govind
Singh was born in a house near the Chauk in Patna City on 7th Paus Sudi, 1723 Vikrami
Samvat,corresponding to 22nd December, 1666 A.D. Chronologically ranking tenth in the
hierarchy of the Sikh Gurus, Guru Govind Singh combined the irrepressible patriotism of
Mazzini with the organizing capacity of Garibaldi. He had an inborn revolutionary idealism
and vision. Six years of his childhood were spent in Patna. According to the chronicles,
a Hindu devotee, Pandit Shiva Dutta, and three Muslimnoblemen and divines, Nawab Rahim
Bux, Peer Arif Deen and Syed Bhikhan Shah, discovered in the child a divine gift and
became his admirers. The local chieftain, Raja Fateh Chand, and his consort became so
devoted that they consecrated to him their palace where stands today the Maini Sangat
Gurudwara.
From his childhood young Govind Rai, as he was -called, displayed a remarkable degree,
of leadership and inclination towards the arms. His father, Guru Teg Bahadur, toured
Bengal and Kamrup provinces over a number -of years and ultimately returned with his
family to Anandpur, a township of his own making, nestling in the Shivalik Hills of the
Punjab. |
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