Guru Hargobind

Guru Hargobind (1595–1644) became the sixth Sikh Guru in 1606, aged eleven, after his father Guru Arjan was executed on Jahangir's orders. He armed the Sikh community, wore two swords symbolising temporal and spiritual authority, miri and piri, founded its first army, the Akal Sena, and built the Akal Takht at Amritsar.

In 1609 Jahangir jailed him in Gwalior Fort; released around 1612, he is said to have freed fifty-two imprisoned Rajput rajas, remembered as Bandi Chhor Divas. He later fought four campaigns against Shah Jahan's armies and died at Kiratpur in 1644.