Guru Ram Das was the fourth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. He was born on 24 September 1534 in a family-based in Lahore. His birth name was Jetha, and he was orphaned at age 7; he thereafter grew up with his maternal grandmother in a village.

He used to sell boiled gram like other children to meet ends in his childhood after his parents died. He met Guru Amar Das and getting influenced by the charismatic personality he accepted Guru Amar Das as his mentor and served him. The daughter of Guru Amar Das married Jetha, and he thus became part of Guru Amar Das's family. Guru Amar Das instead of choosing his own sons chose Jetha as his successor and renamed him as Ram Das or "servant or slave of God.

After his coronation in 1574 and the hostile opposition he faced from the sons of Amar Das, Guru Ram Das founded the town named after him as "Ramdaspur". He started by completing building his new official Guru center and home. He invited merchants and artisans from other parts of India to settle into the new town with him.

Guru Ram Das had composed 638 hymns and these hymns are also included in the Guru Granth Sahib. He was a poet and he had composed his work in 30 ancient ragas of Indian classical music.

Guru Ram Das wrote, "One who calls himself to be a disciple of the Guru should rise before dawn and meditate on the Lord's Name. During the early hours, he should rise and bathe, cleansing his soul in a tank of water, while he repeats the name of the Guru has spoken to him. By this procedure, he truly washes away the sins of his soul."

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