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7 October 1708[EoS][EoS][Src]Kattak sudi 5, 1765 Bk

Passing of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji; Guruship vested in the Granth and the Khalsa

Stabbed by assassins at Nanded, Guru Ji passes away of his reopened wound. Before passing away Guru Ji declares that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is to be Guru, and the Khalsa the embodiment of Guru Ji; no further human Guru follows.

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Sri Gur Sobha, written within a few years, records the ending of the personal Guruship.[EoS][EoS][Src]

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