New Delhi: Guru Har Rai, the seventh Guru of the Sikhs, is also highly respected by the Hindu society. Guru Har Rai Ji was a great spiritual and nationalist man and also a warrior. He was born in the year 1630 in Kiratpur Ropar. 6th Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, before his death, had declared his grandson Har Rai Ji as 'Saptam Nanak' on 3 March 1644 at the young age of 14 years. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji was the child of Baba Gurdita Ji and Mata Nihal Kaur Ji. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji was married to Mata Kishan Kaur Ji, who was the daughter of Shri Daya Ram Ji of Anoop Shahar (Bulandshahr), Uttar Pradesh. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji had two sons, Shri Ram Rai Wadwal and Shri Harkishan Sahib Ji (Guru).

The calm personality of Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji impressed the people a lot. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji reorganized the group of Sikh warriors of his grandfather and Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. He infused new life into the Sikh warriors. Apart from being a spiritual man, he was also a great politician. Mughal Aurangzeb was very jealous because of his nation-centred views. Aurangzeb alleged that Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji had helped Dara Shikoh (Aurangzeb's elder brother). Actually, Dara Shikoh was a scholar of Sanskrit language and Indian philosophy of life was influencing him. Once Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji was coming back from Malwa and Doaba region. So Mohammad Yarbeg Khan attacked his convoy with one thousand of his armed soldiers. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji, along with the Sikh warriors, gave a befitting reply to this sudden attack. The enemy suffered a lot of loss of life and property and the Mughal army fled from the battlefield. Guru Har Rai was an advocate of being armed for self-defence, even though in personal life he considered the principle of non-violence important. Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji often honoured Sikh warriors with bravery awards.

Guru Har Rai Sahib also established an Ayurvedic herbal medicine hospital and research centre at Kiratpur. Once Dara Shikoh fell in the grip of some unknown disease. Advice was sought from the best of all kinds. But, there was no improvement in his health. In the end, he was cured by the grace of Guru Sahib. Thus Dara Shikoh was saved from death.

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