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''' | '''Nandram''', one of the poets who kept [[Guru Gobind Singh]] ([[1666]]-[[1708]]) company, was the son of a well-known Sufi poet, Vali Ram. He had been in the service of [[Dara Shikoh]], who, having lost the struggle for succession to his father's throne, was executed by agents of his half-brother, [[Emperor Aurangzeb]], in [[1659]]. When Nand Ram came under the patronage of [[Guru Gobind Singh]] is not known. | ||
Two of his poems, ''Nand Pachisi'' and ''Karkha Guru Gobind Singh Ka'', both in [[Gurmukhi]] script, have survived. The former describing Kaliyuga, the ontemporary Age of Darkness, was written in [[1687]] and the latter an ode on the life of Guru Gobind Singh, sometime after the battle of Chamkaur [[(1705)]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
1. Padam, Piara Singh, Sri Guru Gobind Singh | 1. Padam, Piara Singh, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji de Darbari Ratan, Patiala, 1976. | ||
2. Sekhon, S.S. and K.S. Duggal, A History of Punjabi Literature, Delhi, 1992. | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:23, 18 April 2009
Nandram, one of the poets who kept Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) company, was the son of a well-known Sufi poet, Vali Ram. He had been in the service of Dara Shikoh, who, having lost the struggle for succession to his father's throne, was executed by agents of his half-brother, Emperor Aurangzeb, in 1659. When Nand Ram came under the patronage of Guru Gobind Singh is not known.
Two of his poems, Nand Pachisi and Karkha Guru Gobind Singh Ka, both in Gurmukhi script, have survived. The former describing Kaliyuga, the ontemporary Age of Darkness, was written in 1687 and the latter an ode on the life of Guru Gobind Singh, sometime after the battle of Chamkaur (1705).
References
1. Padam, Piara Singh, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji de Darbari Ratan, Patiala, 1976.
2. Sekhon, S.S. and K.S. Duggal, A History of Punjabi Literature, Delhi, 1992.
