The Life & Martyrdom Of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji - Dr. Anurag Singh (Historian, Author)
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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, the 9th of the 10 Sikh Gurus. The first phase of his were years of education, marriage and heroism. The second phase of his life were years of intense meditation at Baba Bakala. The third and the last phase of his life were years of his pontificate on the spiritual throne of Guru Baba Nanak. Guru Tegh Bahadur and his three disciples were executed at Chandni Chowk, Delhi on the order of Aurangzeb for espousing the cause of persecuted Hindus. In this episode of the Indian Podcast, listen to Dr. Anurag Singh from Ludhiana, Punjab who has written 5 books on various aspects of Guru Tegh Bahadur's life. He is the son of late Dr Trilochan Singh who wrote First Authorised Biography of Guru Tegh Bahadur, hailed as First Biography of its genre by Indian as well as western scholars.
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