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Aurangzeb vs the Sikhs: The Martyrdom That Forged the Khalsa
In 1675, Emperor Aurangzeb ordered the public execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, in Delhi's Chandni Chowk. This brutal act, intended to suppress dissent, instead ignited a rebellion that would eventually help topple the Mughal Empire. In this episode, we trace the escalating conflict: from the peaceful protests of the Kashmiri Pandits to the guru's refusal to convert, and from his beheading to the rise of his son, Guru Gobind Singh. Learn how the guru transformed the Sikh community into the Khalsa — a militarised order of soldier-saints — at the 1699 Vaisakhi…
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