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Timeline of Sikhism
| 1469 CE | Birth of Guru Nanak in Pakistan. |
| c. 1499 | Guru Nanak founds Sikhism |
| 1574 | Harimandir Sahib built |
| May 30, 1606 | Torture and martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev. |
| 1666 | Birth of Guru Gobind Singh |
| 1675 | Adi Granth compiled |
| April 13, 1699 | Khalsa established |
| Oct. 7, 1708 | Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh. |
| 1716 | Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi. |
| 1761 | Sikhs take the capital city of Lahore, Pakistan from the Mughal governor |
| 1799 | Harimandir Sahib gilded with gold |
| 1819 | Ranjit Singh takes Kashmir |
| 1849 | Lord Dalhousie annexes Punjab into British India |
| 1950 | Rahit Maryada issued |
| June 1984 | India storms Golden Temple. Several hundred Sikhs are killed and the Temple is extensively damaged. |
| Oct. 1984 | Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards, leading to Hindu violence against Sikhs. |
| May 22, 2004 | Manmohan Singh, a Sikh, is sworn in as the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India |
Sources
- John Bowker, ed., Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions (Cambridge UP, 2002), p. 311.
- "Sikhism." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9105865>.
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