Guru Angad Dev

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Recently, the Union Home Minister paid tributes to the second Sikh Guru, Shri Angad Dev on the occasion of his Jyoti-Jyot Diwas.

About Guru Angad Dev

• Guru Angad (31 March 1504–29 March 1552) was born with the birth name of Lahna the village of Matte-di-Sarai in Firozpur district of Punjab, India.
• He was the second Sikh Guru (1539–52).

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Contribution of  Guru Angad Dev

• He introduced the Gurmukhi script, standardizing the Punjabi language.
• He made extensive efforts to spread teachings of Guru Nanak Dev far and wide.
• He introduced the teaching of Punjabi in Gurmukhi script by modifying the existing alphabet.
• He improved literacy among the Sikhs and started school at Khadur Sahib to teach Gurmukhi to the children.
• He encouraged physical health building through sports and wrestling as well mental health through discipline and truthful living.
• He composed 62 hymns in 10 Ragas.
• He consolidated the institution of Langar started by Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
• He also established hundreds of new Sangats (Sikh religious Institutions) and thus strengthened the base of Sikhism.

Source: PIB