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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji: The Ninth Guru

Solve the crossword on Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji — Anandpur Sahib, Makhan Shah's cry of Guru Ladho Re, and the sacrifice at Chandni Chowk to protect others' faith.

Across

  1. 2The Delhi gurdwara, ___ Sahib, built where Guru Tegh Bahadur was martyred.
  2. 5The Sikh, Bhai ___, martyred by being boiled alive in a cauldron.
  3. 6Guru Tegh Bahadur's wife and the mother of Guru Gobind Singh — Mata ___.
  4. 9The Delhi square where Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in 1675. — two words.
  5. 10Guru Tegh Bahadur's mother — Mata ___.
  6. 12The trader who found the hidden Guru and cried 'Guru Ladho Re!' — ___ Lubana. — two words.
  7. 14Guru Tegh Bahadur's father, the sixth Guru — Guru ___.

Down

  1. 1The 'City of Bliss' that Guru Tegh Bahadur founded — ___ Sahib.
  2. 3The Sikh, Bhai ___, sawn in two before the Guru's eyes. — two words.
  3. 4The eastern city where Guru Gobind Singh was born while his father travelled — ___ Sahib.
  4. 7The brave Sikh, Bhai ___, who carried the Guru's severed head to Anandpur.
  5. 8The village where Guru Tegh Bahadur meditated for years before becoming Guru.
  6. 11The Pandits, facing forced conversion, whose faith Guru Tegh Bahadur gave his life to protect.
  7. 13The Mughal emperor whose order beheaded Guru Tegh Bahadur.

What you'll learn

  • The founding of Anandpur Sahib and Makhan Shah’s cry of ‘Guru Ladho Re’
  • How the ninth Guru gave his life to protect the Kashmiri Pandits’ freedom of faith
  • The martyrdom at Chandni Chowk and Gurdwara Sis Ganj

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