Guru Nanak Dev | |
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Office | The first Sikh gurus |
Date of birth | 15 April 1469 |
Place of birth | Nankana Sahib (Punjab, Pakistan) |
Date of death | 22 September 1539 | (aged 70)
Place of death | Kartarpur (Punjab, Pakistan) |
Successor | Guru Angad Dev |
Known for | Creator of Sikhism |
Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji or Baba Guru Nanak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) was a Punjabi philosopher, Sufi sage, and a mystic. He is considered a Sufi saint by Punjabi and Sindhi Muslims in Pakistan and as the founder of Sikhism and the first Guru by Sikhs.[1][2] Guru Nanak Dev ji came from a Hindu Khatri landowning family, with his father known as Mehta Kalu and his mother as Mata Tripta.