Guru Gobind Singh

✓He became the Sikh guru at the age of nine, following the demise of his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru.

✓He also founded the principles of Khalsa or the Five ‘K’s.

👉The Five K’s are kesh (uncut hair), kanga (wooden comb), kara (iron or steel bracelet), kirpan (dagger) and kachera (short breeches).

✓He named Guru Granth Sahib, the religious text of the Khalsas and the Sikhs, as the next Guru of the two communities.

✓He fought against the Mughals in the battle of Muktsar in 1705.

✓In the Battle of Anandpur

 (1704), the Guru lost his mother and two minor sons who were executed. His eldest son also died in battle.