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Guru Arjan Dev: The Compiler and the Martyr

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9 pages

Sultanate & Mughal Period

Guru Arjan Dev: The Compiler and the Martyr

The Fifth Sikh Guru's legacy of scripture and sacrifice

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2015
Six elderly men burgled a safe-deposit facility in Hatton Garden, London, and stole items worth up to an estimated £14 million.
2015
Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.
2012
A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, leaving seven people dead and three injured.
2002
Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege.
1992
Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1992
John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family of New York City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax evasion.

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