Guru Har Krishan
Sikh Guru
Died when: 7 years 267 days (92 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ???? ??? ???????, pronunciation: [g?ru? h?? k????n]; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai.
He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday. It is said that he died because he contracted smallpox while successfully curing his followers.
He is also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru), and sometimes spelled in Sikh literature as Hari Krishan Sahib. He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying "Baba Bakale" before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his granduncle Guru Tegh Bahadur as the next successor.
Guru Har Krishan had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only two years, five months and 24 days.
