Guru 7 of 10

Guru Har Rai Ji

Guru Har Rai Ji, the seventh Guru, maintained 2,200 mounted soldiers for defence and never used them for conquest.

ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਰਾਏ ਜੀ

Born
1630
Guruship
1644–1661
Joti Jot
1661

Life

Guru Har Rai Ji, the seventh Guru, maintained 2,200 mounted soldiers for defence and never used them for conquest.

Sikh tradition remembers him as a healer who protected gardens and ran a herbal hospital. This page does not invent clinic locations or modern medical claims.

Contributions

  • Maintained a corps of 2,200 mounted Sikh soldiers but never engaged in offensive war.
  • Renowned as a healer and protector of nature; established a herbal hospital.

Key events

  1. 1630

    Birth.

  2. 1644

    Guruship.

  3. 1661

    Joti Jot; guruship passed to Guru Har Krishan Ji.

Dates

Parkash Purab 2026 is 31 January on the SGPC / SikhNet NS 558 calendar. Confirm later years on /calendar when a sourced row exists.

Confirm the listed day on the Nanakshahi calendar. This page does not invent a civil date that is not sourced there.

Guru Har Rai Ji questions

›Did Guru Har Rai Ji fight wars?
He kept a mounted corps for defence and is remembered as not waging offensive war. See /learn/sikh-history.