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Guru Ram Das is credited with founding which city that became the holiest city of Sikhism?

Correct answer: (C) Amritsar.

Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru, is credited with founding Amritsar, the city that became Sikhism's holiest city.

  1. (A)

    Lahore

  2. (B)

    Kartarpur

  3. (C)

    Amritsar

  4. (D)

    Anandpur Sahib

Explanation

District Amritsar, Government of Punjab states that Amritsar was founded by Sri Guru Ramdass ji, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs. The city came to be called Ramdaspur, and Guru Ram Das started the construction of the Amrit Sarovar, from which Amritsar gets its present name. He founded the city in 1577 and excavated the sacred pool around which the city grew. Guru Arjan Dev completed the project and located Harmandir Sahib in the middle of the sarovar. This Guru-period sequence makes Amritsar the city founded by Guru Ram Das.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Lahore was already an ancient city before Guru Ram Das, so it was not founded by him.
  • (B) Kartarpur is associated with Guru Nanak rather than Guru Ram Das, so it is the wrong founder-city pairing.
  • (D) Anandpur Sahib is associated with Guru Tegh Bahadur rather than Guru Ram Das, so it is not the city founded by the fourth Sikh Guru.

Concept

RAS history frequently connects the Sikh Gurus with the growth of major Sikh religious centres, city foundations, sacred sites and Guru-period chronology.

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