Compilation of Adi Granth and Martyrdom
He was born in 1563. He compiled the Adi Granth, the scriptures of the Sikhs, and wrote the Sukhmani Sahib. To make it a universal teaching, Guru ji included in it hymns of Muslim saints as well as those of low-caste pariah saints.
Guru Arjan Dev completed construction of Sri Darbar Sahib — the Golden Temple — in Amritsar. Guru ji became the first great martyr in Sikh history when Emperor Jahangir ordered his execution.