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Guru Amar Das Ji (5 April 1479 - 1 September 1574) was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 26 March 1552 following in the footsteps of Guru Angad Dev ji, who died 29 March 1552.

Before Guru Ji died, he nominated Guru Ram Das as the fourth Guru of the Sikhs.

The Third Sikh Guru contributed the following to the people of the world:

All visitors to Gurdwaras to take Langar Free Food.
Guru lifted the status of women as equal to men. Prohibited the practice of Sati
Established a Administration system for management of congregations
Gift of the prayer called Anand Sahib

Preceded by:
Guru Angad Dev
(31 March 1504 - 29 March 1552)

Guru Amar Das

Followed by:
Guru Ram Das
(24 September 1534 - 1 September 1581)

These are the Ten Gurus of Sikhism

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 {{Sikh Gurus|Guru Angad Dev|([[31 March]] [[1504]] - [[29 March]] [[1552]])|Guru Amar Das|Guru Ram Das|([[24 September]] [[1534]] - [[1 September]] [[1581]])}}
-==External links==
+[[Category:Sikh Gurus]]
-*[http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurus/guruamar.htm allaboutsikhs.com]
-*[http://www.sikhs.org/guru3.htm sikhs.org]
-*[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak3.html sikh-history.com]
-==Audio==
-*[http://www.srigurugranthsahib.org/audio/g3.htm srigurugranthsahib.org]
-Also see [[Sikhism]] and [[Sikh Sites]]
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-[[Category:Indian religious figures]]