Sri Guru Ram Das Ji was born on October 9, 1534, in the city of Lahore. His father Bhai Hari Ji and Mata Anup Devi  Ji. His birth name was Bhai Jetha. He was 7 years old he was orphaned and he grew up with his Maternal Grandmother. Guru Ram Das Ji the Fourth Guru of Sikhs. 

At 12 years old age Bhai Jetha met their Guru Sri Amardas Ji and the Sikh populace with supreme devotion and humility. He was married to Bibi Bhani Ji, the youngest daughter of Guru Amar Das Ji.

Bhai Jetha's spirit of service and sacrifice to several tests over the years, in the year 1574, Guru Amardas Ji renamed Bhai Jetha Ji as Ram Das servant of God"), and appointed him as Sri Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs.

Guru Ram Das Ji authored 638 pious songs to 30 distinct ragas of Indian classical music, which are included in his bani (spiritual revelations and writings). The holy book Sri Guru Granth Sahib contains a list of these hymns. The lesson Guru Ram Das ji wanted to convey to all people via his writings was to live a disciplined life characterized by humility and to always and forever be grateful to the True Guru (God). Guru Ram Das Ji read a hymn from page 305 of the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Up to his death in 1581, Guru Ram Das Ji served as the Sikhs' guru for seven years. In particular, Guru Sahib concentrated on structuring Sikh society during his guruship. The township of Ramdaspur, which later developed into Sri Amritsar Sahib, the holy city and ongoing spiritual and political center of the Sikh faith, was established and planned by him. After establishing the city, Guru Ji invited and assisted in settling craftsmen and dealers from 52 various professions, which fueled the town's quick expansion and eventual transformation into the largest commercial hub in the northern Indian subcontinent. 

This was a significant turning point for the Sikh community because Guru Sahib created a center for the Sikh religion that was separate from the hubs of other religious traditions. By writing the four hymns collectively known as Laava, Guru Ram Das Ji also gave the Sikhs a new and distinctive marriage law and instructed them to solemnize their own children's marriages by reciting these hymns. The Masands system was also established by Guru Ram Das ji to promote and advance the Sikh faith all over the world.

Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji had been proposed by Guru Ji as the next Sikh guru before he went away.

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