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- 1469 - Birth of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
- 1499 - (approx) Guru Nanak founds Sikhism
- 1574 - Harimandir Sahib completed
- 1606 - Torture and martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
- 1666 - Birth of Guru Gobind Singh
- 1675 - Adi Granth compiled
- 1699 - Khalsa established
- 1708 - Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh
- 1716 - Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi
- 1761 - Sikhs take the capital city of Lahore, Pakistan from the Mughal governor
- 1799 - Harimandir Sahib gilded
- 1819 - Ranjit Singh takes Kashmir
- 1849 - Lord Dalhousie annexes Punjab into British India
- 1950 - Rahit Maryada issued
- 1984 - Federal Government of India troops storm Golden Temple; hundreds killed and Temple damaged
- 1984 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikhs, leading to Hindu violence
- 2004 - Manmohan Singh, a Sikh, sworn in as first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India
Partly taken from http://www.religionfacts.com/sikhism/history.htm
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