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<p class="C1">&#65279HARD&#256S, B&#256B&#256 (d. 1541), or Hari D&#257s, the father of Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s, was the son of &#7788h&#257kur D&#257s, a So&#7693h&#299 Khatr&#299 of Ch&#363n&#257 Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 in Lahore, and M&#257t&#257 Jasvant&#299. He was married to An&#363p De&#299, also called Day&#257 Kaur, of B&#257sarke, a village in present-day Amritsar district of the Punjab. The couple were of a religious turn of mind and were known for their pious living. A son, who was named Je&#7789h&#257 (later Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s), was born to them on 24 September 1534. According to Kesar Si&#7749gh Chhibbar, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257</i>, they had two more children, Hardi&#257l, a son, and R&#257md&#257s&#299, a daughter. B&#257b&#257 Hard&#257s died when their eldest child, Je&#7789h&#257, was only seven years old.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR>
<li class="C1"> Chhibbar, Kesar Si&#7749gh, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR>
<li class="C1"> S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, <i>J&#299van-Brit&#257nt Sr&#299 Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s J&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1976<BR>
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