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Shri Guru Ramdas ji came to light on 24 September 1534 AD in Chuna Mandi Lahore, in the house of father Shri Haridas ji from the womb of mother Shri Daya Kaur Ji. Your childhood name was Jetha ji. Guruji's parents passed away in childhood. Thats why You were lived in the maternal home village Basarke Gillan, which is the ancestral village of Shri Guru Amardas Ji.
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There was poverty in the maternal home too, but the maternal grandparents brought Guruji to the village Basarke. To share the hands of his maternal grandfather and grandmother in law, Jetha ji started selling fruites. In this way, whatever would have been provided to the household, but whenever someone in need came, Jetha would surely help him and feed his fruites to the sages and saints for free. Guru Amardas Ji used to reside in Goindwal Sahib And the Sangat of Basarke often visited Goindwal Sahib for his visions. Once with his maternal grandmother, Jetha ji also came to visit Goindwal Sahib. Then he did not return. While living there, the Guru became devoted to the service of the house and along with the service of the Guru home, he also continued to sell ghuganiyaan(Fruits).
Only the master knows the mercies of the Guru. Soon Jethaji became very fond of Guru Amardas ji and Guru Ji always used to call him as Ram Das. This name of Sodhi Ramdas has been given by Guru and even today Sodhi Sultan Satguru is sharing mercy with the world.
Guru Amardas ji's elder daughter Bibi Dani ji was married to Bhai Rama ji and younger daughter Bibi Bhani ji's age also became eligible for marriage. Mata Ram Kaur Ji, the wife of Guru Amardas Ji, one day asked Guru Ji to find a suitable groom for Bibi Bhani Ji because the daughter has grown up. At the same time, when Jaitha ji came there by selling ghuganiyaan(Fruits), Mata Ram Kaur Ji Seeing the beautiful appearance of Jethaji, she said that the boy should be like this.
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Guru Amardas ji immediately embraced his beloved disciple Jetha ji and said that it is like no one else is only, Bibi Bhani's relationship with Jetha was fixed and on 22 Faguna Samvat 1610 (In 1558) Got married too. Baba Prithi Chand Ji (Prithia), three sons from Bibi Bhanji's womb in your home, Baba Mahadev Ji and (Sri Guru) Arjun Dev Ji appeared.
Even after marriage, Jetha ji continued to live in Shri Goindwal ji because Guru Amardas ji kept Bhai Rama ji also in the house. After all, Guru Amardas Ji considered you worthy of Necromancy, and on 1 September 1574, he became the fourth Guru of Nanak Dev's house and named Guru Ramdas ji.
Guru Ramdas ji got the permission of Guru Amardas ji and got the Sarovar Santoksar carved first in Amritsar Sahib. And later laid the foundation of the city of Amritsar as per Guruji's orders. For this, 500 bigha land was purchased from the landowners of Tung. According to the Amritsar Gazetteer, on 1577 AD, Guruji took the land in Amritsar and the adjacent 500 bighas of land from Akbar as a Jagir and in return gave 700 Akbari rupees to the zamindars of Tung village, who owned the land.
Guru ji excavated the lake and laid the foundation of Amritsar city. Which at that time was called Chakka Guru: ‘Chakka Ramdas’ or ‘Ramdaspura’. He called on people of 52 different kinds of occupations to live there and to open their businesses in Guruji's mandi, which was called 'Guru's Bazaar'. Over time the city became the largest center of trade in northern India. "
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Line By Line English Translation of Sri Guru Granth SahibGuru ji established Nityanam for Gurusikhs. Guru ji started preparations for Amrit Sarovar which was later completed by Guru Arjun Dev Ji and composed Sri Harmandir Sahib. Guru Ram Das ji composed four Lavans Gurwani in Suhi Raga. Even today, the marriage of every Sikh is concluded only after reciting these four steps. Guru ji composed Gurbani in 30 ragas, in which there were many new ragas from the previous Guru Sahiban's Gurwani and especially You also composed verses. You went back from Amritsar Sahib to Sri Goindwal Sahib where 1 September In 1581 AD (according to Bhado Sudi 3, Ashwin 2, year 1638), your younger son Guru Arjun Dev ji Guruship was handed over and passed on to Jyoti-Jot.
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