Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, was a great poet, philosopher and warrior. The great Guru’s life and teachings have had a lasting impression on Sikh ideology as well as in their daily life. His establishment of the Khalsa is considered as one of the most important events in the history of Sikhism. He fought twenty defensive battles with the Mughals and their alliances, such as Rajas of Shivalik Hills. Guru Gobind Singh ji was the last human Sikh Guru; and in Nanded (in Maharashtra) he declared the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism, as the next permanent Sikh Guru on October 7, 1708.