He suffered from smallpox as a child and survived a poisoning attempt by an uncle, as well as another attempt on his life, when a cobra was thrown at him. Hargobind was born in 1595 in Wadali Guru, a village 7 km west of Amritsar, the only son of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru. Guru Hargobind had the longest tenure as Guru, lasting 37 years, 9 months and 3 days. The Akal Takht represents the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) today. In front of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Guru Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht ( the throne of the timeless one), as a court for consideration of temporal issues and administration of justice. He symbolized it by wearing two swords, representing the dual concept of miri and piri (temporal power and spiritual authority). Guru Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, likely as a response to his father's execution and to protect the Sikh community.
He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Guru Hargobind ( 19 June 1595 - 3 March 1644), revered as the sixth Nanak, was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
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