1469 CE
Birth of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
c. 1499
Guru Nanak founds Sikhism
1574
Harimandir Sahib built
May 30, 1606
Torture and martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev.
1666
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh
1675
Adi Granth compiled
April 13, 1699
Khalsa established
Oct. 7, 1708
Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh.
1716
Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi.
1761
Sikhs take the capital city of Lahore, Pakistan from the Mughal governor
1799
Harimandir Sahib gilded with gold
1819
Ranjit Singh takes Kashmir
1849
Lord Dalhousie annexes Punjab into British India
1950
Rahit Maryada issued
June 1984
India storms Golden Temple. Several hundred Sikhs are killed and the Temple is extensively damaged.
Oct. 1984
Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards, leading to Hindu violence against Sikhs.
May 22, 2004
Manmohan Singh, a Sikh, is sworn in as the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India
There are more than 20 million Sikh's world wide.
Birth of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
c. 1499
Guru Nanak founds Sikhism
1574
Harimandir Sahib built
May 30, 1606
Torture and martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev.
1666
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh
1675
Adi Granth compiled
April 13, 1699
Khalsa established
Oct. 7, 1708
Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh.
1716
Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi.
1761
Sikhs take the capital city of Lahore, Pakistan from the Mughal governor
1799
Harimandir Sahib gilded with gold
1819
Ranjit Singh takes Kashmir
1849
Lord Dalhousie annexes Punjab into British India
1950
Rahit Maryada issued
June 1984
India storms Golden Temple. Several hundred Sikhs are killed and the Temple is extensively damaged.
Oct. 1984
Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards, leading to Hindu violence against Sikhs.
May 22, 2004
Manmohan Singh, a Sikh, is sworn in as the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India
There are more than 20 million Sikh's world wide.
- The best known and most important holy place in the Sikh religion is the Golden Temple at Amritsar in the Northwest Punjab.
- Sikhs do not believe in an afterlife