Guru Angad Dev

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Guru Angad
200px Guru Angad Ji
Religion	Sikhism
Other name(s)	Punjabi: ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
Personal
Born	31 March 1504 Muktsar, Punjab, (now India)
Died	March 28, 1552(1552-03-28) (aged 47) - Amritsar, Punjab, (now India)
Senior posting
Title	2nd Guru
Period in office	1539 - 1552
Predecessor	Guru Nanak Ji Founder of Sikhism
Successor	Guru Amar Das 3rd of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism
Religious career
Ordination	7 September 1539
Post	Guru

Guru Angad (31 March 1504 – 28 March 1552) was the second of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was born in the village of Sarae Naga in Muktsar district in Punjab, on March 31, 1504 and given the name Lehna shortly after his birth as was the custom of his Hindu parents. He was the son of a small successful trader named Pheru. His mother's name was Mata Ramo (also known as Mata Sabhirai, Mansa Devi and Daya kaur). Baba Narayan Das Trehan was his grandfather, whose ancestral house was at Matte-di-Sarai near Mukatsar.
In 1538, Guru Nanak Ji chose Lehna, his disciple, as a successor to the Guruship rather than one of his sons.^[1] Bhai Lehna was given the name Angad and designated Guru Angad, becoming the second guru of the Sikhs. He continued the work started by the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Ji.
He married Mata Khivi in January 1520 and had two sons (Dasu and Datu) and two daughters (Amro and Anokhi). The whole family of his father had left their ancestral village in fear of the invasion of Babar's armies. After this the family settled at Khadur Sahib, a village by the River Beas, near what is now Tarn Taran a small town about 25 km from the city of Amritsar the Holiest site of the Sikhs.