Guru Har Krishan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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The eighth Sikh Guru
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1656
Place of Birth: Kiratpur Sahib, Punjab, India
Date of Death: 30-Mar-1664
Profession: guru
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Guru Har Krishan
- Guru Har Krishan ([g?ru? h?? k????n]; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
- At the age of 5, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai.
- He contracted smallpox and died of the disease in 1664 before reaching his 8th birthday.He is also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru), and sometimes spelled in Sikh literature as Hari Krishan Sahib.
- He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying "Baba Bakale" before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his granduncle Guru Tegh Bahadur as the next successor.
- Guru Har Krishan Sahib had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only 2 years, 5 months and 24 days.
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